The vacuum petcock is supposed to be an answer to gravity. Bike on an extreme angle using vacuum v/s an expensive fuel pump. I hate them as well. I just rebuilt mine on my 04 Kat resto. Before that it was my 03 Suzuki Vinson 4×4.
@ryanwallace6752 it's not an issue until it is then you'll absolutely regret it. If you somehow fill that cylinder with fuel and you go to start it and it detonates. Good by motor.
I'm having crazy bad problems with my 2001 sv650 and hanging RPMs I've done just about everything you can possibly think of twice and for the life of me I cannot figure out what the fuck is wrong it's probably one of those simple things where it's staring right at you
Knock on wood, I'm doing okay with my SV right now. But I'm so close to throwing my buddies Vf500 into traffic right now. Get the fucker started, headlight dies. Try to warm it to temp, discover the water pump gasket has failed. Great. Now I get to redo everything I did for the last two weeks. That being said, it's worth it when you get it. The journey sucks until it doesn't. Sounds like you have a vacuum leak. Check your intake boots and double check that you didn't leave a nipple cap off of one of the carbs/boots. It may be an easy fix. You'll find it.
Haha yeah sounds like the same problems I was having with the SV when I first got it every time I fix one thing something else would fuck up. Don't get me wrong I fucking love the bike and when it runs it runs great. Being a 650 it's a Torquay little fucker.
@@ryanwallace6752 Actually, yeah, it was The boots around the carburetor are leaking And the leaks were coming from down around the bottom After I replaced the boots It ran fine, but I got a new bike since then That thing was a piece.
The pinhole is closed--not by me, but it is closed. Coincidently, that was the question I had about emulators I reference in a post I just left on your SViata video. I still can't understand how the suggestion is to close that bleed hole off. The literal only way for fluid to move after it's sealed is blowby on the damper rod seal. So that blowby has to be substantial and almost built into the design. It's just got me confused. If it works, it works, and I'm not hear to argue. But I stared at the diagram for an hour and it didn't make sense to me until someone mentioned blowby.
@@matttriestodothings if you get the chance, grab "racetech suspension bible" on amazon or wherever. there is a TON of info and good diagrams on how carts, emulators, etc work. pretty sure the vacuum caused by the pinhole being closed is part of how the emulator works. or maybe blowby is the answer like you said.
@@Mad8vCycles added it to my Amazon cart. I'm guessing this and "Twist of the Wrist" are titles that will make sense to revisit as I learn more. You can read something once, but it makes a lot more sense upon subsequent readings after you've gone out and tried the content out.
@@matttriestodothings skip twist of the wrist (keith is a bit... longwinded) and get one or both of these two: lee parks total control, or "the upper half of the motorcycle"
@@Mad8vCycles I've got a hard copy of Twist of the Wrist over on the shelf. I've read through it twice. I'm glad you mentioned it was... longwinded. That was exactly what I was thinking, hah. But it's so commonly the recommendation I felt it necessary. Will look into the other two though.
The vacuum petcock is supposed to be an answer to gravity. Bike on an extreme angle using vacuum v/s an expensive fuel pump. I hate them as well. I just rebuilt mine on my 04 Kat resto. Before that it was my 03 Suzuki Vinson 4×4.
Hadn't thought about the extreme angle aspect. I'm way too slow and stiff for that to matter! Makes sense though.
Dude plug that vacuum line coming out of the petcock, im just using gravity and the fuel pump never an issue
@ryanwallace6752 it's not an issue until it is then you'll absolutely regret it. If you somehow fill that cylinder with fuel and you go to start it and it detonates. Good by motor.
I'm having crazy bad problems with my 2001 sv650 and hanging RPMs I've done just about everything you can possibly think of twice and for the life of me I cannot figure out what the fuck is wrong it's probably one of those simple things where it's staring right at you
Knock on wood, I'm doing okay with my SV right now. But I'm so close to throwing my buddies Vf500 into traffic right now. Get the fucker started, headlight dies. Try to warm it to temp, discover the water pump gasket has failed. Great. Now I get to redo everything I did for the last two weeks.
That being said, it's worth it when you get it. The journey sucks until it doesn't. Sounds like you have a vacuum leak. Check your intake boots and double check that you didn't leave a nipple cap off of one of the carbs/boots. It may be an easy fix. You'll find it.
Haha yeah sounds like the same problems I was having with the SV when I first got it every time I fix one thing something else would fuck up. Don't get me wrong I fucking love the bike and when it runs it runs great. Being a 650 it's a Torquay little fucker.
Hey ik it's been a while did you ever figure that out, for me my fuel line was kinking AND getting smashed by the tank
@@ryanwallace6752 Actually, yeah, it was The boots around the carburetor are leaking And the leaks were coming from down around the bottom After I replaced the boots It ran fine, but I got a new bike since then That thing was a piece.
did you close the pinhole on the damper rod?
The pinhole is closed--not by me, but it is closed. Coincidently, that was the question I had about emulators I reference in a post I just left on your SViata video. I still can't understand how the suggestion is to close that bleed hole off. The literal only way for fluid to move after it's sealed is blowby on the damper rod seal. So that blowby has to be substantial and almost built into the design.
It's just got me confused. If it works, it works, and I'm not hear to argue. But I stared at the diagram for an hour and it didn't make sense to me until someone mentioned blowby.
@@matttriestodothings if you get the chance, grab "racetech suspension bible" on amazon or wherever. there is a TON of info and good diagrams on how carts, emulators, etc work.
pretty sure the vacuum caused by the pinhole being closed is part of how the emulator works. or maybe blowby is the answer like you said.
@@Mad8vCycles added it to my Amazon cart. I'm guessing this and "Twist of the Wrist" are titles that will make sense to revisit as I learn more. You can read something once, but it makes a lot more sense upon subsequent readings after you've gone out and tried the content out.
@@matttriestodothings skip twist of the wrist (keith is a bit... longwinded) and get one or both of these two: lee parks total control, or "the upper half of the motorcycle"
@@Mad8vCycles I've got a hard copy of Twist of the Wrist over on the shelf. I've read through it twice. I'm glad you mentioned it was... longwinded. That was exactly what I was thinking, hah. But it's so commonly the recommendation I felt it necessary.
Will look into the other two though.
Are we the same person? Lol
@@ryanwallace6752 could be!