Not Rocket related but here goes...this is on a 2004 Yamaha Vstar 1100 Custom with 1500 miles on it that I am trying to get back together. Long story but it just happened to be sitting in my shop when we were slinging paint so it got disassembled and shot with a custom marble paint job and I'm trying to get it back together and out the door. There have been multiple wrench turners involved from the inception and the carbs have indicators that they have been fooled with before...like there is no brass plug over the pilot mixture screws. In my experience Mikuni carbs all have the PMS sealed under a brass plug after being set at the factory. Anyway here is where I'm at now. The bike has dual Mikuni constant velocity carbs on it and a set of free flowing curb burner type exhaust pipes installed and all of the intake plumbing taken off in favor of individual K&N pods on each carb. I have installed a jet kit to compensate (152.5 mains with the needles raised by one 0.020" washer and #20 pilots). The pilot mixture screws have been backed out 3 1/2 turns per the instructions that came with the kit. The problem is that the bike will not start...at all...won't even sound like it is trying to fire.
I initially had fatter jets in it but the first test ride showed me it was running way too rich so I rode it back into the shop, put it back on the lift and dropped down to the jets that are in it now and the b!tch won't start.
I have checked for fire...fine on both cylinders. It seems to me that there is a problem in the idle circuit. The bike seems to flood immediately when the key is turned on. So here's what I'm thinking...either the floats need to be adjusted or there is a pilot air jet plugged.
Thoughts? Anyone? Beller?
@TO rocket you jack around with old carbureted bikes....a little help?
I'm about ready to set fire to the POS and tell the girl that is supposed to ride it to Leaky in a week that she will have to become ballast on a Rocket