Motorcycle carb issue?

[grimreaper]

Went out for a ride on the honda vlx 600 last fall and 10 mins away from the house it lost power and stalled on 4th gear. After that it's been running lean I assume because any throttle given will make it stall. If I give it slow throttle it will rev up and eventually jump to proper rpms. Any ideas on what I should be checking? I am comfertable with a wrench but am ashamed to say not very knowledgeable with bikes. Any help would be great thanks. -john

 

[above_all]

Seafoam added to the gas might help.

 

[StuP]

Blocked jet perhaps. Strip and clean.

 

[Rivershot]

How long did it sit up? How clean is the tank?

I fixed a VLX for a friend last year that had similar issues. When I took the tank off all the fuel lines were very soft. Ordered new lines, in tank filter and petcock diaphragm. While waiting for those to come in I drained the carb and filled with straight Seafoam fired it up for just a few seconds to get in the jets. The SF stayed in the carb for about a week until I got around to putting back together. Drained the carb again and filled the tank w/ non-ethanol.

It's been going good since.

 

[grimreaper]

I tried running seafoam in the tank left it on for a few hours to cycle when the gas was low but no help. The bike was literally running perfect one second and then failed.

 

[Megawolf]

Ya know poopdaddy is a mc wrencher?

 

[rhbridges]

Blocked jet perhaps. Strip and clean.

Most likely this will fix it.^^
Also be sure your tank is clean, the fuel valve flows, the pump runs & flows, and the fuel filter flows. If the pumps not working, I think these also have a fuel pump relay that's known to go bad.

 

[Ken Ford]

For something that sudden sound like a blockage. Is your filter intact?

 

[Ken Ford]

Also could be the petcock, I assume it has the type that the vacuum from the motor lets it open?

 

[poopdaddy]

year model.
early shadow 600's had duel carbs,later had a single with an accelerator pump.
also,check your plugs. it has 4 even though you only see 2. they run like total crap when only one set of plugs have been changed.