Emerald Fuel-up Log

2001 Kawasaki W650
Property of chukcha14. Added Jul 20 2023

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Feb 24 2024

I mounted the fork legs this week and mounted the headlight that I cleaned from rust and painted. Ordered IKON Basix shocks with proper springs for my weight. Disassembled the steering stem and lubed both bearings. The lower grease seal is broken, I have it, but I decided not to replace it as I don’t have the right tool to remove the lower bearing. I am afraid to damage the lower bearing. I’m planning to buy a new lower bearing and replace everything then. Reassembled and mounted fairings and carbs. Charged the battery. Started the engine first time since December. The engine started with choke and ran only on choke for about 4minutes. When I turned off the choke the engine stalled. This indicates a very lean idle mixture even though the idle screws are at 2.1/8 turns out which is the factory default setting. I’m installing the new rear hub rubber dampers and reinstalling the rear wheel. After that, I need to check the level of fuel in the carbs to make sure the floats are at correct level. Will check for vacuum leaks too, before touching the idle screws. Need to align the forks and then proceed to replacing to the last step which is to replace the bearings and oil seals in the front wheel hub. Whew

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Added by chukcha14 on Feb 24 2024 at 12:37 pm