Hellacious Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 On my bike the right side (no choke side) will warm up quicker than the other. Also noticed there isnt as much smoke coming out when started cold. However it start 1st second kick everytime and idles fine....Any suggestions on where to start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheeboie Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 my bike was having the same problem earlier but on opposite sides. check for spark, im wondering what wud cause this as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellacious Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Got a really nice arc on both sides...and the smoke deal, it only seems to be like that when it's cold. Once the bike is warmed up and ran for a minute, seems the smoke is equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infamous039 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Jetting may be off or there's a weak spark on that colder side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfrjag Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 or it could be that your carbs arent synced at idle very well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicklez Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I would look at your carbs. Check ur air/fuel screws are the same. Maybe sync them too. Imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellacious Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Carbs are in sync, havent messed with the air/ fuel screws, I'll check that in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellacious Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) Ok. Havent got around to messing with the air/ fuel screws today but I'm going to try that asap. I did walk out and start it up while ago so could see the smoking more from one side that I was talking about, the side thats smoking more is also the side thats heating up faster. This was a relatively cold start. I say "relatively" because my older brother wanted to see it run about an hour eariler....but even then, it only ran for a minute if that. http://youtu.be/4s495vRBio0 Edited February 27, 2012 by Hellacious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellacious Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Picklez you may have been right man. The air/fuel screw on the right carb (side smoking worse) was about 1/4 turn from being all the way in while the left carb air/fuel was turned out about 1 1/2 turns. Gonna bust it off in a bit and see how she does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruelSoul Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Sorry for bumping in here but I noticed mine does that kinda too but not by much, can banshee carbs be ok if one air screw is set higher or lower then another side, cause right now mine are both set at 2 and a quarter turns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Mine was doin the same thing. Ive gone threwmy carbs with a fine tooth comb and still couldnt fix it. So i pulled the reeds and there all stretched out and open. So im assuming thats the oroblem cause the side that was messing up had the worst reed pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 IMO it could be one or more of 4 components. Carbs. Out of sync by either the idle/air screws, jets, or throttle cable. (considering both carbs are squeaky clean). If the jets and air screws are matched, I highly recommend a carb sync tool if you're not 100% sure the cables are perfect. The slides may appear to be moving at the same rate, but they can still be off enough to cause this problem. A carb sync tool will tell you the rate of flow through the carb, ensuring both sides are drawing equally. Ignition. Possible wire going bad, plug fouled out, or coil simply crapping out. Make sure you have fresh plugs and try swapping the plug wires to see if the problem switches sides. If you have fresh plugs and the problem does not move when you swap wires, then you can eliminate the ignition. Air supply. If you're running a single filter then this doesn't apply, but if you run dual filters, one could be dirtier than the other causing one side to be rich, thus causing the cylinder to be flooded and not allowing it to build heat. Pull off both filters and start the bike and see if the problem still exists to eliminate this possibility. Compression. If one side is significantly lower, it won't ignite all the fuel and will run rich, not allowing the cylinder to build heat. Run a compression test. Typically it's one of the first 3 mentioned, most commonly the first. Most people can tell when it's compression due to the significant loss in power though...You "could" have a leaking head, but in that case, you'd also have a sweet smelling exhaust and notice your coolant missing. No one's mentioned that so I didn't consider it to be a factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I have checked all of the above and all checks out good. Mine has to be the worn reeds ive found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I suppose reeds could cause it, I've just never heard of one side wearing out faster than the other. Usually wear happens pretty evenly. Have you flipped the reeds over to see if that helped? What was the rate of flow on your carb sync tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellacious Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Once i evened the turns on my air/fuel screws it still didnt correct my problem. Right side is still warming up like usual and left side is still pretty much cold. This thing is really getting on my nerves. Sometimes it will actually look as if the left side isnt doing anything at all. I switched the plug wires and it still did the same thing on the same side, so I'm assuming that eliminates the possibility of an electrical problem. I pulled the reeds yesterday afternoon and they looked brand new, didn't notice any wear what so ever. When I was in the carb, the ONLY thing I didnt check and clean was the pilot jets. I didnt pull them because I didn't have a flathead small enough to get down in there. Gonna try to get in there right now. Cant do a compression test or a leakdown because I dont have the tools. I should have a compression guage here shortly though, ordered one last night...and I'm going to try and put together a leak down tester soon. When I synced the carbs I did it by eye, the slides are moving at the exact same time and all the adjustments are the same(other than if something is weird with the pilots of course). I hope I can get this figured out and it's something simple...It's really starting to piss me off.....Well, about to go take everything apart again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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