I was using my 1100 sport for work and had noticed that the fuel consumption was very low so one day when petrol started pissing out of the K&N I thought as I'd had the bike 12 years and I was very sure the bloke who had it before me had done nothing to it now was a good time to strip and rebuild the carbs with all new gaskets, rubber bits etc.
As with all good intentions I got delayed and have only just put it all back together now that work has dropped to 3 days a week.
The first problem I had was that the lighter slide springs that I put in when I bought the bike were no longer strong enough to keep the slides down when throttling off, which took a while to find.
The big issue now is with the pumps, as part of the referb I fitted new diaphragms and gaskets and took out the adjustment screws as part of the clean.
If I have the adjustment screw too far out the carbs leak petrol from the holes under the air intake (which was the initial problem I noticed, altho' I hadn't touched the adjustment screw) and I'm having problems setting it correctly for a smooth start.
There is a bit of wear on the lower part of the slides but I wouldn't have thought enough to affect the initial throttle response.
It's fine once its rolling but I wondered if there's a correct way of setting these up or if it's just trial and error?
Any thoughts welcome.
As with all good intentions I got delayed and have only just put it all back together now that work has dropped to 3 days a week.
The first problem I had was that the lighter slide springs that I put in when I bought the bike were no longer strong enough to keep the slides down when throttling off, which took a while to find.
The big issue now is with the pumps, as part of the referb I fitted new diaphragms and gaskets and took out the adjustment screws as part of the clean.
If I have the adjustment screw too far out the carbs leak petrol from the holes under the air intake (which was the initial problem I noticed, altho' I hadn't touched the adjustment screw) and I'm having problems setting it correctly for a smooth start.
There is a bit of wear on the lower part of the slides but I wouldn't have thought enough to affect the initial throttle response.
It's fine once its rolling but I wondered if there's a correct way of setting these up or if it's just trial and error?
Any thoughts welcome.