Hello Everyone,
I have a 1979 Honda trail bike called the XL185S. I'm new with bikes and decided to buy this as a project bike to work on. The stock exhaust was REALLY restrictive and there was rust inside the muffler and pipes so I got some 1" steel pipe and made an exhaust pipe that goes to a shorty 12" muffler and bolted that on.
Next I took it out for a ride and seemed to be ok but if I gave it too much gas, the engine would bog down. I then took it home and removed the stock intake thinking it was starving for air. So now its just an open intake tube that connects to my carburettor. So I'm currently looking for the right size of K & N style filter, but right now with no intake restriction or exhaust restriction, the bike will turn over and start but if I give it any gas, it just dies. Is this too much air flowing in? Do you think I need more fuel? If so, do I need to rejet or can I just mess with the air fuel ratio? Thanks for you help!
I have a 1979 Honda trail bike called the XL185S. I'm new with bikes and decided to buy this as a project bike to work on. The stock exhaust was REALLY restrictive and there was rust inside the muffler and pipes so I got some 1" steel pipe and made an exhaust pipe that goes to a shorty 12" muffler and bolted that on.
Next I took it out for a ride and seemed to be ok but if I gave it too much gas, the engine would bog down. I then took it home and removed the stock intake thinking it was starving for air. So now its just an open intake tube that connects to my carburettor. So I'm currently looking for the right size of K & N style filter, but right now with no intake restriction or exhaust restriction, the bike will turn over and start but if I give it any gas, it just dies. Is this too much air flowing in? Do you think I need more fuel? If so, do I need to rejet or can I just mess with the air fuel ratio? Thanks for you help!