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-Joey
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Welcome to the group. The "reserve" setting is really just the bottom couple
> inches of your tank. It's possible you sucked up some sludge when you
> switched to reserve if there was any in the tank. Might need to clean the
> carbs again, and the tank, possibly an inline fuel filter. The joy of 27yr
> old bikes...
>
> -Kyle
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, aardvark <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I'm new to the group and like what I'm seeing so far. I checked the
>> other posts for help with my problem, but nothing seemed to quite fit:
>> Just purchased an '83 CB550SC. The previous owner just had the carbs
>> cleaned and setup professionally and had new plugs put in. Overall,
>> the bike has run well. On my first longish trip with the bike however,
>> I ran out of gas when close to home (now I know how far I can go on a
>> tank!). I attempted to use the reserve, but the bike stalled and
>> wouldn't start back up. I got some gas and after many tries (almost
>> draining the battery) got it going again. Since then, the bike
>> sometimes backfires at low engine speeds in the city and if I'm not
>> careful, it will stall when taking off in first from an intersection.
>> I have checked the battery and have good voltage, but something else
>> I've noticed at night is that the turn signals dim the headlamp a fair
>> bit when flashing. One final piece of info is that whenever I make a
>> short stop somewhere (5-20 minutes) the bike needs several attempts to
>> get it going again. Any suggestions for a newbie?
>>
>> Jamie
>>
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