Another "My bikes got a problem" Thread

[FROSTY:Me]

shit dude in the time it took to type that you coulda swappaed the carbs over and answered the question

[Squiggles]

Look, either you buy the $60 GN carb off tardme, or im buying it and it'll go into my pile of them / one of my bikes, you have till tomorrow!

[motorbyclist]

shit dude in the time it took to type that you coulda swappaed the carbs over and answered the question

lol yeah well i've gotta make up for all the study time lost to KB somehow


(plus it's a good summary of engines for those who want to know)

[motorbyclist]

ok, just went down to the shed and took a few pics of the diaphragm


as we can see it's still a bit munted, but that's probably normal...

getting it back on correctly looks difficult to say the least unless we too use silicone. will have a go next time EJ comes round

[EJK]

Seriously I can't wait no longer

Patience is enough! It's been a month already!


On my way to Colemans...

getting it back on correctly looks difficult to say the least unless we too use silicone. will have a go next time EJ comes round

Fuck that, It wont make any difference. We tried that last time and it didn't work.

[avgas]

[*]fix it from Colemans ($900, I don't think so tho)
(

Consider yourself lucky.....i got a quote today for my poor ol' Jessica.
$1700 all up.
Visa are gonna f'ing love me.
And before you ask - no there are no tyres in that one - just full service, sealing of tank, new batt, new reg/rec, rewound stator and a puncture repair.
Biker gods punish me for my bad ways.

[xwhatsit]

On my way to Colemans...

No, idiot! Just buy a new diaphragm from them. No point wasting money.

[gijoe1313]

after all the stuff I said!? get thee to some spare parts and repair the little bike!

Damn rich asians, got more money than sense I tells ya!

[motorbyclist]

On my way to Colemans...

you are hereby officially forbidden from buying more than a battery, a tube of araldyte, and a 2nd hand carby for that FXR.

i don't wanna see you go spending a grand on parts and labour when squiggles could give you a carb for 50 bucks, you can buy a suitable tube of epoxy glue for $10, and a new battery for $60

that's $120 my way, vs $1200 the colemans way, and either way it still won't be done till you get here to pick up the bike!

(and just today i read a thread where a guy sent a bike into colemans with a list of symptoms including a boiling battery, got charged $120 to be told it was fine, and then at home used a multimeter to find the reg/rec was rooted in about 5 minutes)

[Ixion]

Mercy's sakes. Just swap the carbs for a known good, to prove it is JUST the carb. If it is, dismantle carb, replace defective parts, clean reassemble, good as new.

BTW, that slide does have a needle in it doesn't it?

[motorbyclist]

yep it does

butterfly for a throttle on this one, as opposed the type where the slide IS the throttle

[gijoe1313]

If Coleman's comes for the bike, prepare to repel boarders! "Arrr ye not be havin' th'little bike ye scallywags!"

So need to swap the carbies to see if it is the carbie, if it is the carbie then it what Ixion sez! How hard can that be? Tch, youn'uns these days ... always thinking "its fecked" like chicken little!

Its funny to read how we are so much fecked off by this admission of defeat, yet we are all prepared to help the little bike back onto the road!

EJ, do the right things like you know you should ... sitting on your hands wringing them is pointless when you have so many willing to help you ... grow a backbone and be a proper biker!

[Ixion]

yep it does

butterfly for a throttle on this one, as opposed the type where the slide IS the throttle

Yes, diaphragm types usually (always ?) have a butterfly throttle. Just I couldn't see the needle in the pictures. And I remember once being very puzzled by a bike that would start idle nicely and cut out once the throuttle was opened. Peering down the venturi - no needle (it was an Amal). Found it on the floor of the mates gargre. Oh, I never noticed that when I took it apart. On the Amal, once the throttle cable and spring were removed, the needle and clip could fall stright out if you tipped the slide upside down.

[FilthyLuka]

it was an Amal

Isn't that a problem within itself?

EJ, harden the fuck up. Bolt on a working carb, if it works, new diaphram and a can of carb cleaner and you'll be sweet? Its not like its Melted the piston into the bore....

[Ixion]

Nope. The Amal Monobloc was a damn good carb. Simple relaible versatile, tunable.

The earlier one, can't remember the model number , one with the float bowl that came off, that was even better.

The GP was a pig. Pure pig. And the Concentric was crap. No more so than most carbs thoug.

Best bike carbs are the SU on early Triumphs, and the (what the hell are they , Holleys ? ) on Harleys.