Giving high mileage bike some love. Now ran when parked?

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  • Larrym
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Oct 2008
    • 1352
    • Tucson

    #31
    Originally posted by Radioguylogs

    Gfix sells K&L kits. The K&L folks put the right sized pilot jet in their kit, but it is right sized 42.5 for the VM family of carbs, not the BS34.

    I don't know why the 42.5 size is different than the 42.5 size for the BS carbs, but it is.
    I didn't get GFix's K&L kit. (ー_ーゞ

    Ones I gots were in Orange "Smiley-Happy-Funtime" boxes. Can post pics if needed... (´・Ω・`)

    MoAr spucifickly.... Imma talking bout the idle FUEL jets what go way down deep inside the tower after you remove the slotted screw/washer combo right next to the main jet. ( or at least thet's where they are on 79 Specials...) (  ゚ ,_ゝ゚)

    They LOOK like the Genuine Mikuni versions....but they AIN'T the same or even as good as... (>﹏<)

    I mean the bike runs wit'em installed. Just NOT like a superbike. (´;︵;`)

    Symptoms not already detailed in prior post? ... (O_o)

    Popping every time you back off a the throttle along wit' when/if you you let the throttle snap back just right? (⚆ᗝ⚆)

    P-p-p-p-p-Kuh-BOOM!!! ヾ(゚д゚)ノ゛

    Likely enuf force to make you wunder how well your aftermarket JC Whitney slip-on mufflers is clamped on. ( ゚ Д゚)

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    • DEEBS11
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Feb 2023
      • 1760
      • Connecticut

      #32
      I have had some positive results with Seafoam. My Buddy, Sidecar Greg, gave me a bottle of Lucas fuel treatment for Christmas one year. I usually use Sta-Bil Marine every year with perfect results in multiple bikes but because I was given the Lucas product as a gift I figured I would try it. Unfortunately, the next spring my Valkyrie developed a pilot circuit clog on one cylinder during a ride to the shore and it would not clear. The thought of yanking those six carburetors apart was daunting so I grabbed a can of Seafoam from a local auto parts store and poured in about half the can in my 6 gallon tank. By the time I came home (a few hundred miles away) my bike ran smooth as silk. Crisis averted. I went right into my shop when I got home and chucked the Lucas in the trash and went back to Sta-Bil Marine.


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