I have a 2000 xl800 , between 60-80 hrs,that is driving me crazy. I bought it with known issues. I found the filter in the carbs plugged, and a lot of dirt in the tank, cleaned everything and ran it last year, but only for a couple hours max(end of season) still running ok. I winterized it, and when i went to restart it this year, it didn't seem to want to idle. I figured it was just the storing oil/plugs , and needed to run. Battery was to weak to keep starting it. A couple weeks go by and I put a charged battery in it, now no spark. Replaced cdi and now it runs, but here is the new issue. I adjusted the idle screw to get it to idle, but now when i pop the throttle, it doesn't come down and I have to hit the kill switch and it slowly shuts off. I readjusted idle screw and verified that it wasn't the cable sticking, So i pulled the carbs and cleaned them again, not to bad, screens were clean, put it together and still same over reving issue. It will idle o.k. as long as you don't pop the throttle. Also, seams more prevalant if you pop the throttle a couple times and idle doesn't seam to be as smooth as i would like.
Any Ideas?
thanks
john
Any Ideas?
thanks
john