xv920
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i have a 1981 xv920 with troubles it starts up and idles fine but when given the throttle it falls on its face and dies. if anyone can help i would be greatful
And I'd advise you to not put the gas back in bike if it's the least bit suspect. Use it in your lawn mower, they're a lot more tolerant of funky gas.
I was assuming it wasn't funky gas, just a foreign object in it. This actually happened with a used car my son bought. Drove off with it but when he got to 1/4 tank of fuel, it quit. Started back up, ran a couple minutes and quit.... long story short, the garage pulled the tank and drained it. Out came a short piece of rope! It was clogging the fuel pickup. All better now.
Sounds like a card issue. Sticking float needle or split diaphragm's?
i already draind' the gas tank, and i have two pet****s on each side of the tank, and they have diaphragms on the back of them, but gas does flow good out of them. sprayd' wd40 on the inlets and no change. it has mikuni/hitachi carbs. not sure which thats what they came out with anyways.air to carbs are clear.i could have the wrong battery on it,but not sure if that made a diff. i did have one person tell me that it could of jump time. but the carbs sounds more like the trouble im haven'. as you all can tell i dont know much about bikes