Hello banshee HQ. I'm three quarter, a 29 yo married father of two from central Appalachia. I'm not new to riding, just new to the banshee. The trading bug hit me, and I ended up with a rather rough banshee.
She barely ran when I got her on Friday, except at wot. Half the bolts were missing from the plastic, and the left spark plug was only threaded halfway in, held in place only by the plug wire. I tightened almost every bolt from the bumper to the swingarm, and turned to the carbs, three of the reed valve bolts were loosened significantly, and the right main jet was lying in the bowl.
Anyway, that's all fixed, I need a float needle which will be coming as soon as the shop opens up. I just see some things that don't make sense. First, there's no coolant overflow bottle. There is supposed to be, right? Next, the case vent goes nowhere, just a hose stuffed in front of the fuel tank(which was plugged with dirt). Where should it go? I found another piece of vacuum hose running from front to rear, connected to nothing...wtf?
After cleaning the carbs, she runs pretty good but still won't idle without slight pressure on the throttle. It runs rough on the pilot circuit, smooth and fast as hell from quarter throttle onward. I'm going to tinker with the screws this morning, but I honestly think its a carb sync issue. I've rebuilt and tuned carbs from 25 cc weed eaters to 440 dodge engines, but I've never played with a multi carb setup. Any suggestions for a guy with one vacuum gauge? Lol I know, get a double vacuum gauge.
One more dummy question: With a full FMF exhaust, snorkel removal, aftermarket filter and vforce 3 reeds, is a 260 main big enough? It runs good at wot, I can't really check my plugs until I get the right carb to stop flooding. With the monstrous oversights in daily maintenance I've seen(the radiator cap wasn't even on tight), I'm not keen to trust the previous owner's jetting decisions. I never thought to check pilot jet size, I will when my carb kits come in.
Thanks, and don't beat on me too hard!
P.s: I'll post pictures when I find my cell, its dead in my house, somewhere.