Evenin!
I finally picked up my first motorcycle ever and I'm really excited to get riding, however, there's a couple things that need some fiddling with, hopefully I can get some guidance! First thing though. Here's a picture!
1975 kz400d3
Anyway, on to the issues!
1. Tank has a touch of rust in it. Would I need to line it as well? They sell a kit with lining as well.
http://www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=TU53-1203
2. Carb holders are cracked and electrical tape is used to kind of hold some air...
http://www.powersportsplus.com/parts/detail/kawasaki/KP-16065-1135.html
3. When it starts it idles around 800 rpm. Normal? It may run for 10-20 seconds, then die.
4. I was able to get out and do some riding but something seemed up. I was putting along (somewhat normally I believed) and the bike seems to surge and exhaust notes only seem to come out of the left side. When it starts to surge (to what I now assume to be proper running) it seems as if the exhaust notes are now even coming out of both exhausts. It did die a couple times as well. When I went up a hill I had to shift a few gears down to be able to make it up. My guess... carb related...possibly petcock related, maybe some of the rust in the tank made it's way into the fuel system, possibly the carb and is not allowing fuel to get through the carbs right, robbing power.
Ways to fix? Carb clean? Carb rebuild? Carb holder issue related? I really want to get out before summer is up!! Thanks in advance for the help. Much appreciated.
.paul
I finally picked up my first motorcycle ever and I'm really excited to get riding, however, there's a couple things that need some fiddling with, hopefully I can get some guidance! First thing though. Here's a picture!
1975 kz400d3
Anyway, on to the issues!
1. Tank has a touch of rust in it. Would I need to line it as well? They sell a kit with lining as well.
http://www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=TU53-1203
2. Carb holders are cracked and electrical tape is used to kind of hold some air...
http://www.powersportsplus.com/parts/detail/kawasaki/KP-16065-1135.html
3. When it starts it idles around 800 rpm. Normal? It may run for 10-20 seconds, then die.
4. I was able to get out and do some riding but something seemed up. I was putting along (somewhat normally I believed) and the bike seems to surge and exhaust notes only seem to come out of the left side. When it starts to surge (to what I now assume to be proper running) it seems as if the exhaust notes are now even coming out of both exhausts. It did die a couple times as well. When I went up a hill I had to shift a few gears down to be able to make it up. My guess... carb related...possibly petcock related, maybe some of the rust in the tank made it's way into the fuel system, possibly the carb and is not allowing fuel to get through the carbs right, robbing power.
Ways to fix? Carb clean? Carb rebuild? Carb holder issue related? I really want to get out before summer is up!! Thanks in advance for the help. Much appreciated.
.paul