Hey guys,
I have been searching around the internet for a couple weeks now and I haven't found anything that relates to what I am seeing here.
This is my first bike and I bought it back in April. I took it to a mechanic to have it ran through to make sure it was safe to ride. The guy had my bike for a month, but never touched it due to backlog in his shop. So I went and picked it back up from him and decided that this would be my project. I may have bitten off more than I could chew.
First thing I wanted to do was get it running. So I bought a new battery, charged it, changed the oil, set the points, set the timing, checked the plugs, checked the compression, filled it up with gas and kicked it over. It fired right up and idled fine. I took it out for a ride and it died on me about 5 minutes from the house. I got it home checked everything again and went out again, same results. It would bog out around 4000-5000 rpms in 3rd or 4th gear. I would bring it to a stop give everything a visual, decide nothing looked out of the ordinary and fire it back up. Ride along for another 5-10 minutes, dies. I was able to limp home and parked it in the garage. I decided it was a carburetor issue and took it all apart. I went and disconnected everything. Took the carbs off, disassembled them, found the floats were damaged, bought a new carb kit and floats, and reassembled everything. Installed new intake boots while I had everything apart and installed clear fuel lines. I put everything back together and I noted the fuel lines were about half full. I didn't think anything of it and thought they would just fill up while I was out riding. Not the case. Still had the bog out issue after about 5-10 minutes of riding at about 4000-5000 rpms. Fuel lines were still about half full. Next, I decided to look at the petcock. Took that off and cleaned it out. There was a lot of grit in the petcock so I looked at the tank. The tank shows tiny traces of rust build up, but nothing too out of the ordinary I would think. Reassembled everything again, no change. Fuel runs free from the petcock but the lines are not filling with fuel. It does not make sense. So I turned the petcock to the stop position and left it overnight. I come home from work and the fuel lines are full. What gives? I take the bike out for another ride and it dies, lines are still half full, but I am able to limp it back home.
I am dumbfounded to this condition. It just does not make sense to me. Before I throw any more money at this, I want to get a good idea of where to start.
TLDNR: Air in fuel lines, disassembled carbs and petcock, installed new clear lines, no change.
I have been searching around the internet for a couple weeks now and I haven't found anything that relates to what I am seeing here.
This is my first bike and I bought it back in April. I took it to a mechanic to have it ran through to make sure it was safe to ride. The guy had my bike for a month, but never touched it due to backlog in his shop. So I went and picked it back up from him and decided that this would be my project. I may have bitten off more than I could chew.
First thing I wanted to do was get it running. So I bought a new battery, charged it, changed the oil, set the points, set the timing, checked the plugs, checked the compression, filled it up with gas and kicked it over. It fired right up and idled fine. I took it out for a ride and it died on me about 5 minutes from the house. I got it home checked everything again and went out again, same results. It would bog out around 4000-5000 rpms in 3rd or 4th gear. I would bring it to a stop give everything a visual, decide nothing looked out of the ordinary and fire it back up. Ride along for another 5-10 minutes, dies. I was able to limp home and parked it in the garage. I decided it was a carburetor issue and took it all apart. I went and disconnected everything. Took the carbs off, disassembled them, found the floats were damaged, bought a new carb kit and floats, and reassembled everything. Installed new intake boots while I had everything apart and installed clear fuel lines. I put everything back together and I noted the fuel lines were about half full. I didn't think anything of it and thought they would just fill up while I was out riding. Not the case. Still had the bog out issue after about 5-10 minutes of riding at about 4000-5000 rpms. Fuel lines were still about half full. Next, I decided to look at the petcock. Took that off and cleaned it out. There was a lot of grit in the petcock so I looked at the tank. The tank shows tiny traces of rust build up, but nothing too out of the ordinary I would think. Reassembled everything again, no change. Fuel runs free from the petcock but the lines are not filling with fuel. It does not make sense. So I turned the petcock to the stop position and left it overnight. I come home from work and the fuel lines are full. What gives? I take the bike out for another ride and it dies, lines are still half full, but I am able to limp it back home.
I am dumbfounded to this condition. It just does not make sense to me. Before I throw any more money at this, I want to get a good idea of where to start.
TLDNR: Air in fuel lines, disassembled carbs and petcock, installed new clear lines, no change.