• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

85 GS550l hits a wall and wont accelerate

  • Thread starter Thread starter Mankow
  • Start date Start date
I went through the same kind of thing with an 80 550l I had built for my friend's girl. I have done a few bikes with the help of the guys here with eventual success. With this 500l it turned out the floats were set incorrectly. It acted just like yours is. Runs great but falls off bad. I readjusted the floats/fuel level and instant transformation.

Hope it helps. Just my experience.
 
Thanks, ill give it a shot but it seems strange that it would run great for a couple miles then just suddenly stop.
 
Can you try running it with the petcock in the Prime position or has that been covered already?
 
Yeah I have tried running it in run prime and reserve all are pretty much the same. I also hooked a vacuum pump to the petcock and fuel shoots out with any vacuum if set on run or res so i think its working correctly. I will re-adjust the float levels on sunday and see it that helps though
 
Wow, thanks don I re adjusted the float levels I had them both at 21.5 before. both were still there when I pulled them apart again so I set them to 19.5. nothing seemed stuck or clogged but I blew air through all the jets anyway. and its back idles great and the power is back at higher rpms. still dont really know what happened but Im happy its working now
 
Awesome!!! I actually had a useful contribution!!!! I really am excited you found the issue, I feel awesome for you. The bike I had the same issue with was a bear. We had the carbs out a hundred times, replaced all of the ignition components, and it still ran like crap. I just changed the float height on it because nothing else worked. Have a safe, great time riding it now.
 
Back
Top