Airhead

I'll bet it is.

Hi Dee Hi a few XVS baby hang around here

Greetings and Anne, nice part of the world ...a bit wet though?

Greetings Josh $50

It sounds like a very good idea instead of butchering the cover with holes, like was done extensively with the little DT's of yesteryear.

Greetings RB and yeah I think you'll get lots of encouragement here.

Greetings bardur the beast tamer Would love a go of one of those bikes.

maybe not I cannot say, perhaps you could take off the inlet manifold and use a mirror and a small led light or the light on your cell phone to see down the inlet tract. If you see something...how about a compressed air line to blow it out?? Dunno it's your call but have a look while you have the carb off.

Greetings erik What a great intro you have made, hope you get lots of fair weather to enjoy your new old toy. ...Paul

Could it be possible that a large enough piece of the filter has passed through the carb and is resting at the inlet valve...blocking the airflow?

Morris Dancing

It might be a good idea to study a parts manual/list, it will show exploded views of the engine.

What ratio do you want? I would guess 40:1 5 litres is 5000 ml (millilitres) 5000/40 = 125ml so then 125ml of oil in 5 litres fuel Mobile phones have a calculator so it's easy enough to work out in the garage forecourt.

keep an eye on your spark plugs because this type of mod could cause lean running

sounds to me your crank is full of fuel...or coolant

How about tank venting, when the issue arises stop and open the gas cap...hear any rush of air? Greetings

Hardly thin petrol would pour through like a tap...this would be the oil slug more likely. still no sign of life then?

fair point but with hardly any compession suction will also suffer badly?

we love long winded Jim and great intro sir.

Greetings and Reverand...How was work today?

Greetings Gillsboy, sorry i'm a bit late too..great intro sir

Wont run unless on choke is a classic symptom of a blocked pilot jet, did you remove this jet and see that its clear?

Aghh youre embarrassing me now so this may be harder to find than the last issue, I would stick with the carb, David you said you cleaned it and obviousy from the outcome not near well enough. The carb would be my first port of call again, a total strip including removal of the needle jet (emulsion tube) here is a dirty one from a DT175. If yours is this type take care when tapping it out of its seat. I use a pin punch of the correct size and re fitting it if I remember right it only goes in one way (locating peg?..cant remember for sure but watch out for one. The chamber that fits into has a small hole into the bottom of the carb bore (engine side) seen on this picture All jets and also the float valve need to be removed and I recommend at the very least inspecting them closely...I use a magnifying glass... Buy an aerosol carb cleaner and spray it everywhere and compressed air supply is also useful if you have the means. Only when your carb is cleaned 'as new' can you eliminate it from your power issue and move on from there. Can you not redline the bike in 2nd 3rd 4th? or close to it? Oh and about that compression test you did earlier using your neighbours finger...Not Really

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might not need a new barrel but you'll have to take it off to see that. Perhaps the rings are gummed up in their grooves, if they are get some new rings of the correct size.