drewpy

schweet, what tank are you using?

Hope you all have a great Christmas and an XSive new year

yep sounds like pet cock gone, which will flood the carbs. Always use an inline filter.

Poss fuel starvation, check the pet cap has air vent unblocked and tap has no crud in it which would then point to crud in the carbs blocking main jet. you don't say which cyls go off, or is it random?

check your petcock is not leaking through the pipe. can you pull off the pipe from the carb and only a small amount of fuel runs out? next is your float height and float needle, you can get keyster kits from sirrius online and you can just replace the float needle ( as they wear and flood the carb) or if feeling adventurous, replace all the jets supplied.

lets us know how how you get on?

just buy a new one and have done, its not having it!, so bite the bullet. if you were in the uk i would have looked at it for you.

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maybe ask these guys http://www.yamaha-xt500.co.uk/portal.php there may be a particular fault to this particullar model. Its frustrating for us ,as its hard to diagnose from a distance. I would get my multimeter out and check all parameters of the electrical system.

www.cmsnl.com (dutch, but they tend to have everything) www.motoward.co.uk www.bikebandit.com (USA) www.motogrid.com (USA) www.pgm1.freeserve.co.uk (rd but i buy for my XS here) www.yambits.co.uk don't use a 12v battery on a 6v bike, 6v batteries are so cheap its not worth it. Get Father Christmas to send you an Optimate for Crimbo (one that will do 6v as well as 12v) keep this on your bike in storage. I have one on mine as I write BTW the RS is an RD without an extra carb and no reed valve. Classic Mechanics has a feature in this month on your very bike!!

jim patch - phone only motoward guvenors bridge get a parts book so its easier to identify the parts you are after and not get an earlier model part which is different. (its happened to me and they also get superceded)

on mine its a 2 stage affair with a ball/sping combination in the cartbs acting on indents on the choke rod. I usually start it on full, take it right down to 1/2 way, and fully in after a minute. My bike will "drop off" the revs if left for a min or so at the lights, its down to modern fuels and old design. just blip the throttle when the engine starts shunting. you could also have a blocked pilot screw which will affect the tick over (yours might be sealed, its on top/in front of the main carb body) got an xs400d circuit diagram, which should share the colours of yours

I'm assuming that you mean it has free fuel flow rather than an external leak? is the lever hard to turn?, it should do as i have rebuilt mine and it is stiff, you need to make sure everything is in the right order off a parts or workshop manual (you can see an online version at motogrid) ensuring the rubber is the right way round and covering the right holes etc.

can you keep the bike going with revs when warmed up?

too big, i have 90/90 front and 110/90 rear on BT45 Battlax. I got an old xs250 with a 120 on and it fouled the swing arm

Is it through the lever?

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In essence.....no. you need to get a new registration, to keep an age related plate you need a dating cert from VJMC. I would badger the previous owner, he/she may have pictures of the bikewith the number plate on

Bloody Grottles!!! nah that's not Rodders

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we have quite a big "think bike!" campaign over summer with yellow signs all along the road, as well as these tv ads

An elderly man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favourite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning on the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort, gripping the railing with both hands, he crawled downstairs. With laboured breath, he leaned against the door-frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven, for there, spread out upon waxed paper on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favourite chocolate chip cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of love from his devoted Aussie wife of sixty years, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man? Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself towards the table, landing on his knees in rumpled posture. His aged and withered hand trembled towards a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked by his wife with a spatula...... F**k off" she said, "they're for the funeral."

His and Hers Diary, Page 1, Saturday. Hers: "He was quiet, subdued, just not himself. Something was wrong, he hadn't even kissed me all night. Not even looked in my direction. I think its another woman. I went to bed and cried. He followed me up later. I cuddled up to him and stroked his hair. He lay still. We eventually we made love and fell asleep in each others arms." His: "England lost, fucking gutted. Got a ride, though!!"

come on, spill the beans it may help others in a similar situation.