Something has taken a giant shit and it sounds expensive

**SNF** · 12th January 2013, 21:43

Originally Posted by Glowerss

Sorry to hear about your ongoing troubles mate. Hopeing that it'll finally be sorted for you! Nothing worse then great riding weather and a broken bike ruining plot.

I'm fully going to bookmark this thread, however, and link it anytime people claim old IL4s are "fine"

Old inline 4's CAN be fine. This one is not of them as everyone can see its a bit of a dog.

Well I am calmer now. Had a mint little ride up to Orewa planned and yesterday it was fine and then today when I really really wanted to go someplace it says "no get stuffed" and does something like this. I was so up for a ride, that would have made the day, Instead I am now partially drunk and broke from being a passenger in a friends car. Not bad either that said but nothing beats a great ride!

I am sticking with it. It will be fixed. Don't know exactly when or how but it will be fixed. Even if it means a mechanics I guess.

**SNF** · 13th January 2013, 10:44

Its coming apart today, carbs out, everything. The reason why it was on 3 cylinders was because the plugs within a week are sooty black. Running too rich.

**FJRider** · 13th January 2013, 12:30

Originally Posted by FZR250

Its coming apart today, carbs out, everything. The reason why it was on 3 cylinders was because the plugs within a week are sooty black. Running too rich.

Running rich shouldn't make it run on 3 cylinders surely ... ??

**frogfeaturesFZR** · 13th January 2013, 13:57

Sorry, have not read thread from the start, but does your model have the Exup?

**SNF** · 13th January 2013, 21:26

Yep it has Exup.

A mate who has had a few bikes and has done carbies before came over, he gave it some revs before we started and said it wasn't very responsive. It was running on 4 cylinders since I cleaned the spark plugs. This is the first bike I've ever ridden + noob so I really have no idea. He watched me take the carbs out (piss easy now) and clean them. I can do it, I just find it better with guidance of some form.

Found the main jet on carb #2 was loose! Like a few turns and it would have been sitting in the bowl. Was pretty dirty in there in there, no wonder why it ran like crap the poor old thing.

Also found my accelerator cable is holding on by 2 stands of wire and it could snap at any second so I'm glad I got stuck into the carbs today. I am getting a new cable/seeing if I can get this one fixed tomorrow, so for now my bike is sitting in a state of deconstruction.

Because I haven't messed with the back of the carbs, I just undid the bowls, took out the floats, main and pilot jets and sprayed with carb cleaner he recons it shouldn't really need balancing, so hopefully not but if so, so be it.

So once I get a new cable I hope that it will run properly for quite some time. I should have done this earlier it really isn't all that hard. Didn't even swear once and even had a couple of nice cold beers while doing it.

**ducatilover** · 13th January 2013, 21:31

You removed the floats, I assume you set the heights again?
If you need some help, I'll be in Aucks within the next three weeks and may be able to spare some time (no promises though!)

**SNF** · 13th January 2013, 21:53

Yeah we double checked everything before pulling it apart and re-assembling. Hopefully I'm riding it in about 3 weeks lol, thanks for the offer.

**FJRider** · 13th January 2013, 22:09

Originally Posted by FZR250

Yeah we double checked everything before pulling it apart and re-assembling. Hopefully I'm riding it in about 3 weeks lol, thanks for the offer.

It pays not to repair throttle cables. Less future issues if you buy new. Get it back together and take it for a ride. A good ride. Dont look for issues that are not evident during that ride.

Enjoy that ride.

**SNF** · 13th January 2013, 22:13

Originally Posted by FJRider

It pays not to repair throttle cables. Less future issues if you buy new. Get it back together and take it for a ride. A good ride. Dont look for issues that are not evident during that ride.

Enjoy that ride.

I shall enjoy. Really want to ride as much as I can before I have to start work again, will be hunting bike shops for a new cable tomorrow.

**nzspokes** · 14th January 2013, 06:01

Originally Posted by ducatilover

You removed the floats, I assume you set the heights again?
If you need some help, I'll be in Aucks within the next three weeks and may be able to spare some time (no promises though!)

Really? Will you bring your bike?

**ducatilover** · 14th January 2013, 10:06

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Really? Will you bring your bike?

Delivering a car for a mate, so sadly no bike for me.

**SNF** · 15th January 2013, 11:01

Fuck my entire life; past present and future. Well its fucked anyway but let's not get into that.

Somehow I have broken the fuel tap switch off the side of the tank. I nearly had it back together, once the gay tank was in I was going to (try) and start it! How the hell did I break the fuel tap? I'm a skinny white guy with no strength at all. Why did I even wake up this morning? Why can't this cuntercycle just fucking well work? Excuse me while I cry like a little bitch for half an hour until my balls come back and I start looking into getting a replacement fuel tap.