Diptenkrom
New Member
at the risk of getting yelled at here for pod filters, I have a couple questions. I have gotten mixed info in many places. This is a project bike that i have big plans for, and lots of cool parts to start building it, but i was wanting to get it running first.
bike is 81 GS450, PO removed airbox, and put shorty exhaust on it. it will not really run. still has stock BS34 carbs.
I would like a starting point for trying to get it to run. I plan on building an airbox, but I am only halfway there at the moment. Pods are on 6"long aluminum tubes attached directly to the carbs.
looks like stock idle jet is 17.5? that is what was in it, and the jet in it has no bleed holes. I have a second set of parts carbs that had larger idle jets, but they have 6 bleed holes. My son had some jets leftover from another bike, and we tried 25 and 27.5 on them, but they have 8 bleed holes. - which type of idle jet is the right style?
as far as running - the bike is hard to start, hot or cold, (little better warmed up) it will not idle, if you get it to run, it will rev and stuff, but doesn't always drop back to idle, sometimes it will rev up or hang after revving. it seems to rev out decently, but starting and idling are not really happening.
bike is 81 GS450, PO removed airbox, and put shorty exhaust on it. it will not really run. still has stock BS34 carbs.
I would like a starting point for trying to get it to run. I plan on building an airbox, but I am only halfway there at the moment. Pods are on 6"long aluminum tubes attached directly to the carbs.
looks like stock idle jet is 17.5? that is what was in it, and the jet in it has no bleed holes. I have a second set of parts carbs that had larger idle jets, but they have 6 bleed holes. My son had some jets leftover from another bike, and we tried 25 and 27.5 on them, but they have 8 bleed holes. - which type of idle jet is the right style?
as far as running - the bike is hard to start, hot or cold, (little better warmed up) it will not idle, if you get it to run, it will rev and stuff, but doesn't always drop back to idle, sometimes it will rev up or hang after revving. it seems to rev out decently, but starting and idling are not really happening.