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One of the local mechanics has a big tray of pilot screws that looks like he bought it as an assortment. Somebody with something like that could provide something close enough, or maybe the exact thi ...

Just a quick update/revelation on this carb problem, in case it might be useful to someone.

Everything I read on carb adjustment said start a turn or so out on the mixture screw and adjust it for h ...

The price I related is an online dealer's price for a brand new one from Yamaha. It might have to come as part of an assembly, can't recall. I think it was $132.

I glanced at the rubber for cracks and tears. Didn't check for pinholes. A new diaphram is over $100. If it had a small hole, I might try making a little patch. The worst looking thing was probabl ...

The jets were spotless, along with the general appearance of the carb innards. Led me to not blow out any of the passages, which maybe I should have.

Not yet. Might try spraying something in the area and see if it changes speed. It has a metal tube vacuum takeoff molded into the rubber intake. I don't like it, but visually it looks okay.

I've ...

That was my theory, actually. That or a weak spring on top of the slide. Looking at the slide off the bike, the slide falls, but somewhat slowly maybe - if doesn't slap down if that's what it's supp ...

My bike is a single cyl. 250 w/ Mikuni (BS34 I think) carb.

Sometimes when I goose the throttle from idle the revs keep on climbing and I have to hit the kill switch. Doesn't happen every time. T ...

Hey, gaj I ended up getting an old Yamaha 250 for my first bike. I would have gone for a 350 maybe, but didn't like a CL350 I sat on. Also wanted a single cyl, for ease of working on for a first bi ...

lemuiexm, nevertheless it's a better fuel if the engine is optimized for it. Also, it doesn't produce carbon and grind the engine away, thus giving phenomenal engine life.

"My opinion on ethanol/E85 fuel is that it shouldn't even be used for any kind of motor vehicle application and it is a political ploy to begin with."

The information I have is that in ...

I need both side covers and seat parts, or seat, for my '82 Yamaha SR250. Parts or tips appreciated!

" I ride every day 670 miles each way for work "

I can relate to that. I drive eight hundred miles to work each way every day. People say how do you do it? I say I don't know....

Tree - I had an interesting experience with a CL350 today that might speak to trying before buying. Not having a license (or any skill) yet, I couldn't test drive it, but I sat around on it. I'll te ...

Johnny5 and 05c50, maybe I don't understand, but I'm puzzled by what you're saying. He was able to adjust clearance, and the clearance would be the same regardless of what stroke it was on if the val ...