carberator ??

[Rookie Rider]

Ok so a few months ago i bought a gas tank from someone on this forum. A nice blue tank that i stripped to bare metal and sanded, primered and repainted to match my red bike. During this time i took carb off and jets out to clean. Float off too. Put it all back together to what manual says with float hieght and all. Have a new petcock also that came with the tank, no filter on it, just the 2 long ones that go in the tank itself.Filled with some gas yesterday and it did start but when i give it throttle it sounds like its choking for gas, and stalls when i give it throttle and some white smoke comes out the muffler also a bit. Cant get it to move while in first either. Im gonna take the carb off again and see whats up. Oh, i also did the needle mod and changed the position of the little C-clip. Any ideas from the experienced folks out here. Thanks.

[Rookie Rider]

Yes, its on a battery tender, I did want to say that, haha, thanks.

[jonathan180iq]

Middle spring and big spring? Under the diaphragm lid there should be only 1 spring, about the diameter of your ring or pinkie finger. If this weird thing is the reason your bike has been sitting this whole time I'm going to wear a dress for 3 months and have everyone call me Nancy.

Glad to hear the diaphragm is in good shape. Try and keep it that way. If you leave it off for a little while, shoot some WD40 on it and then wipe it off to keep it somewhat moisturized and supple.

[Fawlty]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

If this weird thing is the reason your bike has been sitting this whole time I'm going to wear a dress for 3 months and have everyone call me Nancy.

Nicely hidden Jon!!

[Rookie Rider]

Haha, nah, it sat this long cause Ive been riding the sportster. Till my friend crashed into me last month, ��