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I'm hoping maybe somebody can help me, I've got a 86 zx600 basket
case that I put together last fall. The bike ran pretty good but make sure
everything was set-up right (it was in boxes for 7 or 8 years) I took it to
the local bike shop and had the carbs set-up. I got the bike back and it
runs great the only problem is when it gets hot out once in a while I'll be
riding and the bike dies as if it had ran out of gas. I let it sit for a
few minutes and it will start but I might only get a few hundred yards and
it will die again. I'm in Canada and it's been cool this spring and I had
put about 800 miles on it this month before the weather turned warm and it's
acting up again. Funny thing is if I can get out on a road that's not busy
and get up to about 70 or 80 miles per hour and it dies if I leave it in top
gear with the throttle cranked it will coast down to about 20 mile per hour
and kick in again. It will go up and down like this about 4 times then the
problem goes away for the rest of my ride. One thing that the guys at the
bike shop did was to remove two of the four vacuum lines that come from the
carbs to the fuel petcock. They plugged the two they took off and they tell
me that having all four connected is not necessary. Anybody got any ideas
what the hell is going on with my bike? (I need to get it running good,
I've got my eye on a 2000 750GSXR and I gotta get a few bucks for this one)
Thanks,

Mike

maybe its vapor locking, or the tank vent is not working.
next time it dies try opening the gas cap then restarting it.
my friends Honda 3 does that, the tank vent is not working, so after a fue
miles, depending on the amount of gas in the tank, it will suck all the air
outta the tank then die, when he opens the cap you can hear it go, psssssst.
good luck,
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"Mike" <hornyeng RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > I'm hoping maybe somebody can help me, I've got a 86 zx600 basket
 > case that I put together last fall. The bike ran pretty good but make
sure
 > everything was set-up right (it was in boxes for 7 or 8 years) I took it
to
 > the local bike shop and had the carbs set-up. I got the bike back and it
 > runs great the only problem is when it gets hot out once in a while I'll
be
 > riding and the bike dies as if it had ran out of gas. I let it sit for a
 > few minutes and it will start but I might only get a few hundred yards and
 > it will die again. I'm in Canada and it's been cool this spring and I had
 > put about 800 miles on it this month before the weather turned warm and
it's
 > acting up again. Funny thing is if I can get out on a road that's not
busy
 > and get up to about 70 or 80 miles per hour and it dies if I leave it in
top
 > gear with the throttle cranked it will coast down to about 20 mile per
hour
 > and kick in again. It will go up and down like this about 4 times then
the
 > problem goes away for the rest of my ride. One thing that the guys at the
 > bike shop did was to remove two of the four vacuum lines that come from
the
 > carbs to the fuel petcock. They plugged the two they took off and they
tell
 > me that having all four connected is not necessary. Anybody got any ideas
 > what the hell is going on with my bike? (I need to get it running good,
 > I've got my eye on a 2000 750GSXR and I gotta get a few bucks for this
one)
 > Thanks,
 >
 > Mike
 >
 >
 >
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