February 27th, 2016, 03:54 PM
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n00bie to wannabie
Name: Bill
Location: St Ives, BC (Shuswap Lake)
Join Date: Sep 2015
Motorcycle(s): 2012 250R (Red), 2005 VFR800A (Red), CRF450X (Red), 2012 F800GS (Wants to be Red!)
Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Nov '15
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Originally Posted by bob706
08 with around 30k miles. Did a valve shim job using Vex's thread on the subject as a guide. Bike started to my surprise albeit not running really super-duper but it did run. Long story short, I went for a ride days later and it made it 1/4 mile before it died. Have since put a clean carb from an 09 on the bike and still nothing. It's getting spark and puffs of smoke come out the pipe. Is there something I may be missing? Next step for me would be taking the valve cover off and rechecking everything. Any ideas?
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Did it run well before you did the valves?
Check all your hoses. Make sure they are hooked up correctly and snugly.
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