It runs! (kinda)

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 04/17/2018 at 23:27 • Filed to: None

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Carbs are back in the bike aaaaand it starts! And moves! Poorly.

Took the bowls off and removed the main jet and jet holder without taking the carbs back off. SKILL. It was like playing Operation except there’s barely enough room for you hand and everything burns you. FUN.

The nominal main jet sizes for a Kasasaki 500 are .99-1.08-ish MM. I grabbed a 1.27mm allen key and it went right through the aftermarket jet that is in the bike, so that is WAY larger than it’s supposed to be. The reason for the allen key is that some jets are measured in CCs flowed per minute, while OEM Keihin jets are measured where a #102 jet is 1.02mm, #107 is 1.07, etc. so this confirmed that this no-name jet labeled #135 is probably 1.35mm. That’s too big even if this bike had pod filters. It came to me with no air filter and the float bowls poorly sealed with RTV so... who the fuck knows what was going on here.

mmmmm fancy

Bonus NB now with 100% less cateracts now that I bought some more PlastX after my detailing stuff all got stolen a few months back.

Nibby > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/17/2018 at 23:52

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THE PAST IS ALIVE

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/18/2018 at 00:04

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Have you watched any of the videos on YT by Mustie1? Since every car I’ve ever owned has been fuel injected I didn’t know much about carbs, but watching a few of his videos I seemed to get a crash course in troubleshooting and repair of carbs on all sorts of dilapidated, beat-up equipment.

AestheticsInMotion > Nibby 04/18/2018 at 00:15

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I can still decipher the band name. 2/10

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/18/2018 at 00:38

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I haven’t had good luck with PlastX holding up very long. Eventually I gave up and resorted to sanding. How’s it been treating you?

LOREM IPSUM > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/18/2018 at 01:20

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Running poorly is still running. Congrats! Sounds like you’re on the right track to having her purr like a kitten once you find some more appropriate jets.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 04/18/2018 at 08:30

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Lasts a couple months or so. I really need to just sand and clear coat.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/18/2018 at 09:37

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I’ve had good luck with the 3M kit. But it is a bit pricey and obviously it take a couple hours to sit and sand which is hard to find. It looks like Turtle Wax has a kit with sandpaper and a sealant on sale for $7 that might be worth a shot: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Turtle-Wax-T240KT-Headlight-Lens-Restorer-Kit/16927980?athcpid=16927980&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS002&athguid=466001f5-4d99e6ca-de3ed8e98e18f95b&athena=true#read-more