Other The 1993 KLX650R Basket-Case Part 2

Trfsrfr

Trfsrfr

The latest-
Could use some help here.

Got the choke/enrichment cable and fitting, and installed them. While I was at it I moved the jet needle clip from 2nd from top, to the top position, which is stock. I figured I would lean it out because it has a lot of smoke from the tailpipe.
Note - It has a Pro Circuit muff, and a 158 main jet. Stock main jet in US is a 135, but elsewhere is a 155, so one step up from that. It makes sense to me that someone put in a larger jet with the new muff.

Got it running tonight- it seems to start better without using the choke. When I try to use the choke I smell gas.
So I assume it rich, yes?

Took it for a spin-
Last week before the parts and jet needle clip changes it had gobs of power, tonight when under throttle it dies out, no power.
Thoughts?
 
Mihylo33

Mihylo33

Trfsrfr:
The latest-
Could use some help here.

Got the choke/enrichment cable and fitting, and installed them. While I was at it I moved the jet needle clip from 2nd from top, to the top position, which is stock. I figured I would lean it out because it has a lot of smoke from the tailpipe.
Note - It has a Pro Circuit muff, and a 158 main jet. Stock main jet in US is a 135, but elsewhere is a 155, so one step up from that. It makes sense to me that someone put in a larger jet with the new muff.

Got it running tonight- it seems to start better without using the choke. When I try to use the choke I smell gas.
So I assume it rich, yes?

Took it for a spin-
Last week before the parts and jet needle clip changes it had gobs of power, tonight when under throttle it dies out, no power.
Thoughts?
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Now it's lean.
Just because it smokes doesn't mean it's rich. There could be unburnt gas or oil in the exhaust chamber.
I would go back to the middle clip.
 
Trfsrfr

Trfsrfr

Oh yeah, the ongoing saga;
Okay, so a couple months ago I was monkeying with the carb and thought that while rebuilding it I had mistakenly put the steel spacer under the jet clip, instead on top of it where I saw it on a fiche.
So I tried to get what I thought was this spacer out from an area on top the slide, which I thought it was stuck in. A thru-hole type of area.
Well one great idea led to another and the drill came out. Long story short, it wasn't a spacer, it was the top of the slide where the jet clip sits, and it is now junk.
So I got onto the KLX650 Yahoo group and a guy from Scotland or Ireland (I forget which) sent me a slide that was off his KLX650C, which is different than mine, more of a streetbike.
The only thing different though was the size of the hole in the bottom of the slide, it was smaller.
So I was out in the garage a few weeks ago modifying the hole, doing the .22 cent trick, and making the hole gradually bigger when I took it for a test ride and layed it over a block from my house on the pavement.
I broke the clutch perch and bent the shifter.
I just replaced the clutch perch tonight. Hopefully this weekend I will get the new rear tire on, bend the shifter back, and actually take it for a real test ride. I think I still need to make that hole bigger because it doesn't get up and go like it used to.
 
tcepilot

tcepilot

Trfsrfr:
Oh yeah, the ongoing saga;
Okay, so a couple months ago I was monkeying with the carb and thought that while rebuilding it I had mistakenly put the steel spacer under the jet clip, instead on top of it where I saw it on a fiche.
So I tried to get what I thought was this spacer out from an area on top the slide, which I thought it was stuck in. A thru-hole type of area.
Well one great idea led to another and the drill came out. Long story short, it wasn't a spacer, it was the top of the slide where the jet clip sits, and it is now junk.
So I got onto the KLX650 Yahoo group and a guy from Scotland or Ireland (I forget which) sent me a slide that was off his KLX650C, which is different than mine, more of a streetbike.
The only thing different though was the size of the hole in the bottom of the slide, it was smaller.
So I was out in the garage a few weeks ago modifying the hole, doing the .22 cent trick, and making the hole gradually bigger when I took it for a test ride and layed it over a block from my house on the pavement.
I broke the clutch perch and bent the shifter.
I just replaced the clutch perch tonight. Hopefully this weekend I will get the new rear tire on, bend the shifter back, and actually take it for a real test ride. I think I still need to make that hole bigger because it doesn't get up and go like it used to.
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That sucks! Hopefully you can get it back on track though.


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Trfsrfr

Trfsrfr

It is on track, and runs well. Just need to mess with the carb some more, and ride it.
Hopefully this weekend. I picked up a couple bead buddies and will put the rear tire on.
Once that is done, we're going riding.
Thanks!
 
tcepilot

tcepilot

Trfsrfr:
It is on track, and runs well. Just need to mess with the carb some more, and ride it.
Hopefully this weekend. I picked up a couple bead buddies and will put the rear tire on.
Once that is done, we're going riding.
Thanks!
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GoPro!?!?!?


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