twosmoke
Well-Known Member
Hi Riders, I am new to the club, and found the site by chance surfin the boards for some knowledge about my lil project. I am the not-so-lucky owner of an 81 Yamaha lb50 chappy. some1 had given be this scooter awhile ago and finally got a chance to get the lil ol girl running for my trips to Fenway Park where I manage a pizza shop, (yeah, I'm from Boston, USA). Well I got a few questions for all you experts out there and I hope you guys can help me out, Well here goes, I took the fuel & oil tank off and douched em out as well as the carb. Had to get a new kick starter all the way from Thailand! it's got a nice,fat spark and great compression. well, got it runnin yesterday, it smokes a lot, only runs w/the choke closed and dies when I open it up to full-throttle and dies immediately when I open the choke! I don't know what the carb setting should be nor do I know which screw is which. I think the carb is a small mikuni. also not sure what the needle clip position on the main jet should be either, it's set @ the 2nd from the top, is this correct? It seems like it's flooding out, does this sound right? I also have a leaky fuel pet****, took that apart too, cleaned it ,put it back together and it still leaks! any ideas/fixes? any and all help would be greatly appreciated! thanks guys!---------------twosmoke