I rode up to the store and, on my way back, saw gas spewing out of the carburetor. Turned off the gas and coasted home. It was the left carb, on the downhill side of the bike. I don't use the center stand. Took the carb off to see a hole in the case that goes all the way through, roughly the diameter of a standard paper clip. And I sez, what the diddly? It's a Bing flat top with aluminum body. Anyone have any suggestions as to what caused this? I got some gas tank putty yesterday. I'll take the thing apart and clean it, then stuff putty in that hole with a standard paper clip. I just had the clutch plate replaced last month. Crikey! Will this ever end? First it was the fuel lines. Then the clutch. Now this annoyance. It's like the bike is cursed. I'm gonna have to take it to a gypsy. -- barb "Expect Us" Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
I'm not sure you should give a cursed bike to a gypsy. He might have his old lady put an even worse curse on you.
Oooo. That didn't occur to me, thanks! Gotta find a witch doctor! -- barb "ting tang walla walla bing bang!" Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
Stuck float? http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/specpages/R65.htm 2 constant depression carburettors, Bing 64/32/2030 - 64/32/2040 or 64/32/307 - 64/32/308 http://www.bingcarburetor.com/bmw/bmw.html Find Your CV Carburetor #: On early models look on the metal Bing plate. On later models look on web between top and socket, on engine side. http://www.bingcarburetor.com/pdf/MOTORCYCLE CV EXPLODED VIEW.pdf
Nope. Floats are fine and floppy. There's a danged HOLE in the case! -- barb Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
No, Yojimbo rides a Honda. He drinks Pete's sake. </me ducks> -- barb Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
Hmmm...can he clear the BTs from my fuel lines? -- barb Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
And nobody went to Pete's house for Superbowl Sunday... -- barb Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
Sounds like a casting defect or a crack. Since you describe it as a pinhole, I'd guess casting defect. Just to make really sure, we're talking about a hole in the float bowl casting or the carb body proper ? There are a couple of little holes on the valve end of the intake passage that you really, really don't want to fill in. Other choices might include J. B. Weld or epoxy or solder if the putty doesn't hold. You also see carbs on eBay for maybe $100 a pair, depending on size. If it's an R65, the good news is that they're small carbs and hence not something anybody wants for a hop up. The more you can do yourself, the better. Good on ya for tackling the carb problem.
I put new floats in late last year. No, this is a casting flaw, a pinhole in the carb body where no pinhole should be. It never ends. IT NEVER FUCKING ENDS! The bike is at the shop now. I have a spiffy F650 to ride for a day or two. It's only $5600. I'm seriously considering it. It's not an airhead, not a boxer twin, more like a rice burner with a side of Bavarian sausage, but it looks futuristic, goes fast, handles well, and sounds like a sewing machine. -- barb Chaplain, ARSCCwdne buy my book! http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1198812 read my page! (thanks, R. Hill!) http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/graham1.html visit my store! http://www.cafepress.com/birdville
What year and exact model is it? The F650 has been around for years now, in a variety of styles, high seat models, low seat models, Dakar models, Enduro models and even street fighter models recently. It has a high-quality Austrian Rotax engine in it. Aprilia also made their version of the F650, as I recall.
And then come join the Chain Gang over at f650.com. 73, doug DoD #F650 (ex-0790), Inmate #2426, BMWMOA #113147, AMA #03629367
Aww...they fixed mine so I had to give it back. Mine handles better anyway. That thing wanted a lot of input to keep it turning, and I'm lazy. But you're right. Problem child needs to go.
I had a loaner F650 a while ago that was chain driven. This one was belt driven. I'll go look at that SV650 right now, thanks! I like Jetsons space cars!
On Feb 2, 4:09 am, "barb" <> gave us yet another whimisically insipid waste of bandwidth <snipped> what the diddly? I feel yer pain, yes. First, my bike gets stolen...now, you post this *sigh* O, how offensive, barb!! A gypsy...!! I hope they take ALL your $$$. Why, you should just ask one of your Scientologists pals to make it "clear" for you. PS Don't you have more of your whimsical awful books to flog??
I don't have any 'whimsical awful' (is that even English?) books to flog. What I do have is a short book of horror stories, two of which have won awards. Hope I cleared that up for you. Like my new sig file, bitch? It pwns Scientology! And what is offensive about gypsies? Historically, palm reading and curse removal has been, and still is their stock in trade. Oh, bodywork, driveway sealing and roofing as well... -- Barb Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne) I can haz Legion? “I think that the protections that we enjoy for freedom of worship exist so long as we don’t step over the line. When religious worship and belief cross over into things like fraud, victimization of others and the disruption of the political arena, that protection is no longer appropriate.” --Robert Goff Professor Emeritus, UCSC
We're in a Bay Area newsgroup, and bound to run into squalls of Political Correctness. Some people are offended by the term "gypsy," which may or may not incorporate a belief that people of this ethnicity tend to defraud those outsiders with whom they do business. I believe the currently favored term is "the Rom," as one of the concentrations of these people is in Romania. I find the obsolescence of ethnic identifiers amusing: although one wouldn't dare use the terms to describe the intended beneficiaries of these groups, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the United Negro College Fund are still very much in business. The identification of ethnic groups with vocations is also infra dig. notwithstanding my patronage of a Chinese laundry and an Arab grocery when I lived in SF. No matter what agency you find to cure your bike (perhaps a shaman at Sycuan, now that we've voted to let them expand their operations), I hope that it is healed of its tendency to run up your expenses. Rich, Urban Biker
