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pepperami
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PostPosted: 15:57 - 07 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jay2903 wrote:


I’ve already thrown money at it. There’s nothing left to replace


Are the valve clearances right?
What about the throttle cable , are the throttle slides both rising the same?.
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Jay2903
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PostPosted: 19:49 - 07 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Did you add a fuel filter?


No, there’s one in the fuel tap and the tank is clean
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Jay2903
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PostPosted: 19:50 - 07 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
pepperami wrote:
Jay2903 wrote:


I’ve already thrown money at it. There’s nothing left to replace


Are the valve clearances right?
What about the throttle cable , are the throttle slides both rising the same?.


Yes to both of those
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almostthere
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 07 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have you tried the xs500 forum?
https://www.xs500forum.com/index.php?topic=374.0
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PostPosted: 22:22 - 07 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
What about the condensors are they faulty. are you using the metal bodied plug caps. when the bike cuts out does all other electrics still work.still keep using the earth from the lum to the battery. try another earth strap from the battery to a engine mount
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 22:27 - 07 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jay2903 wrote:
MarJay wrote:
Take the pods off, put the airbox back on then try again.


Carbs are Jetted and adjusted for the pods


That doesn’t affect my advice. Clearly something is wrong, and reverting back to standard seems like an obvious choice even not considering the fact that some bikes just can’t be made to work with pods. Especially early Japanese bikes which ran airboxes.
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Jay2903
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PostPosted: 09:08 - 08 Aug 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:


That doesn’t affect my advice. Clearly something is wrong, and reverting back to standard seems like an obvious choice even not considering the fact that some bikes just can’t be made to work with pods. Especially early Japanese bikes which ran airboxes.


I’d probably agree but there’s literally no way of reverting back to the airbox now.
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