1996 bandit 250 bogs down.

[gwigs]

Hey Goonr I,m In Birkdale if you want someone to have a look at it if youre still having probs.....PM me...

[GOONR]

Hey Goonr I,m In Birkdale if you want someone to have a look at it if youre still having probs.....PM me...

That's a really cool offer, cheers. The bike has been locked away most of the weekend, wife, kid blah blah so haven't had the time to see how it's really running now. Will deffo give you a shout if I need to. Beer and BBQ would be provided

Cheers!

[The Everlasting]

Did you end up finding the problem? Just curious..

[GOONR]

Did you end up finding the problem? Just curious..

Don't think so really... I've dropped the needles in the carbs. This has helped heaps and means that the bike is actually usable now. albeit with a little less power and it is still not smooth from a standing start once it has warmed up. It kinda stutters till about 7k rpm then it will take off. Pain in the arse on hill starts, people around me must think I'm demented. Revving the tits out of it then crawling away...

It's getting a service from Motorcycle Doctors a week on Tuesday. I've mentioned this problem to them and part of the service is that they sync and adjust the carbs, so they are going to do this and then see what's what.

Watch this space, I'll keep ya posted.

[The Everlasting]

Oh okay,i was just reading up on threads related to bandits,and came across your thread.

That stuttering until 7k would be very annoying,normally something like that would point to plugs/leads fuel problems...


but yeah,keep us posted.

[GOONR]

Oh okay,i was just reading up on threads related to bandits,and came across your thread.

That stuttering until 7k would be very annoying,normally something like that would point to plugs/leads fuel problems...


but yeah,keep us posted.

Yeah it's a right royal pain in the arse. Hill start's give me the shit's if you don't give it enough rev's and slip the clutch a tad it bogs down and you run the risk of a SUV up the bum.

Not cool.

[skinny]

Not as to keep re-living the past but how did you go with the last service? My bandit is not going the best with the same problem. Today it decided it would just loose power and die on the way to work. I think its fouled itself cause it wouldnt start so left it at some random warehouse and will go play with it after work.

[GOONR]

Not as to keep re-living the past but how did you go with the last service? My bandit is not going the best with the same problem. Today it decided it would just loose power and die on the way to work. I think its fouled itself cause it wouldnt start so left it at some random warehouse and will go play with it after work.

Got George from Motorcycle Doctors to Look at the carbs and give it a service. He spent quite a while working on the carbs, when he came back from his test ride saying it was like a new bike I was a bit pessimistic, but wow!, he was not wrong. Fantastic. He did mention that I would need some new emulsifiers (I still don't really know what they are) at some point cause mine are on their way out big time but the work he has done was great and has made a huge difference. Well recommended.

[skinny]

Thanks for the info i will have to check them out. I just took mine to the local bike mechanic who basically did nothing to the bike. Its actually running worse, think
he gave up or just didnt have time.

Luckily he only charges me $40 for parts but he had it for a week.