Just for starters can you give us a bit more info, what is the history on this bike,have you just bought it and you are having these problems,...
No idea, never thought about running it through the pump, no reason why it wouldn't work, or hang the bottle from the roof and just gravity feed...
Don't need the tank to fire it up, just use a fuel bottle, that way you can see what is going on, leaks etc, get at the carbs, once you have...
Somebody pulling up 4 year old posts is always a worry
What were the bolts retaining, do they have anything to do with the wires? If not looks like your charging has gone west and you will have to do...
They settled for conventional bulbs cause it was easy
Put the carbs on the bench and hook a fuel bottle up to them, fuel bottle higher than the carbs, gravity will do the rest
Tinks, does the switch carry full power in the circuit or does it just switch a headlight relay, can it be bypassed
28 and still climbing
Is the plug missing? If you have the plug you can just match the colours, solder and heatshrink the wires back together, back on the road in an...
Problem is it is usually the pilot jets that gum up because the holes are so small
What happens when you pull the clutch, could be just clutch rattle
Have a look under "intermittent headlight" in the mechanics garage, it was being discussed a couple of days ago
Ok so now this all comes down to your ability and desire to do complete rebuilds on either bike, and as you say you don't have much time to work...
Pretty vague question, you make no mention as to the condition of either bike, basket cases, running,not running, what your ideas are, the 250 is...
As I said, pull the carbs and give the jets a good clean.
Thanks Colin, so do you know where this height measurement is taken and what air pressure is required in these forks?
Would be too hard to refer to an 800cc bike as a .8 liter bike or a 750 as a 3/4 liter bike
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