Back in the motorcycle saddle again...

[mikey440]

 ive read a lot of posts about this subject and alot of members use the intank filter along with 2 inlines
 these carbs have to stay so clean as to work right, cant put enough emphasis on this, cant hurt...

[LukeM]

Point taken.  I'll get some kind of filter in there somehow. Thanks for the post.

Luke M

[Re-run]

There must be a good amount of room between the carbs and petcock on the dohc. On my 78k, you get 5 inches and that is with bends. Part of it is that the petcock nipple does not point towards the carb nipple and so a bend is unavoidable. I used an inline and you shoulda seen the ends on that thing bend as it was used. Waiting for that sucker to crack.
Dont get me wrong, I am not against inline filters, not in the least. I have used them before. just so long as you make sure you get one that allows a high enough rate of flow so you dont starve the carbs.
I just ended up using an intank and it has worked perfectly. At least for me anyways! Results may vary

[vern401]

That is the alternator on the left side. Yes oil in there is ok. Both tires you mentioned are good. Does it mainly smoke when first started or does it smoke all the time?

[vern401]

with the old bikes rust may also be a factor to think about. I tape a strong magnet to the side of my inline filters to help in keeping any possible rust from clogging up the filter. Some real fine powder rust can get past a filter "somehow" and still get into the carbs. the magnet helps in stopping this from happening.

[Piute]

 keeping in practice yours was hard but always learning(why I do them)



     

[LukeM]

I like that even more.  :-)  Nicely done.

By the way, your name changed to just Piute.  If it's not too personal a question, may I ask what became of Judose?

Luke

[Piute]

   He's still here ,

his buddy Willie




just had some one looking to find me on this sight and trying to make it simpler. She's a blond planed on cutting back on this sight,butt ? well her's meeting her Saturday if you wont personal

[Half-Caf]

Hey, Luke. Just say this thread pop up on the home page and read through the whole thing. Always good stuff on here!
I was wondering if you ever found out what what causing your fouled plugs and leaky cylinders. I am having this problem as well and am finding hope that it might just be dirty carbs.

LukeM wrote

There is some wet discharge (npi) on the #4 plug, and some out that exhaust as well.  Looks almost like liquid graphite. Thanks for the input, Re-Run.  I was thinking of going the Seafoam route, but if the carb has some crud buildup, it's probably teardown/rebuild time.

Luke M

Good to hear your story and see your back enjoying bikes again!

[Piute]

  Sorry there Luke was the only good pic of your bike ,
by the way yer right 1/2 cafe is a great story


                         still working on between app.s

[LukeM]

Well, it is a long story, so I'll give you the Reader's Digest version.

I cleaned the carbs several times, and got them all set. I think the #4 plug was a victim of leaky valve seals.  Oil was getting into the cylinder and burning off, once the plug got hot enough.  It was running on essentially 3.5 cylinders.  In August of last year, while riding home from my doctor's office, the cam chain between the head and the crankshaft snapped.  Not sure if it was due to bent valves, or just the chain losing all its tension.  It would have cost about $2000 in parts and labor to rebuild it.  The mechanic kept finding stuff that should be replaced as we dug deeper into the engine: crank bearings, rod bearings, 2 each intake and exhaust valves, rings, seals, gaskets.  Basically an engine overhaul.

So, rather than fix it, I found a local guy who was rebuilding his own DOHC 750, and sold him everything for about what I had in it.  So I got back some bux, he got essentially a whole parts bike, and in January 2011 I bought a 1984 Honda VT700c. I put about $250 into it (new tank, pieces parts, and some labor to get the jellied gas out of the carbs), and I've been running it ever since.

Not sure if that answers your question or not, but that's what happened.  
Luke M