mcbrune wrote:
Hey all, I have an old 84 virago that I'm trying to get ready to sell. I The bike will start and run, but unless I'm accelerating the front cylinder dies out. The rear cylinder seems to run consistently but without the front cylinder it can't idle and runs pretty jerky. Nothing like feeling cylinder 2 kick in at about 3000 rpm.

I had a virago, with the exact same symptoms, I also replaced and/or worked on all of the areas to have listed. In my case, I had bank repoe that I had purchased, with only 500 miles on it but it was out of warranty

Symptom was couching and choking, unless I got on the throttle, and at abt 2500-3000 RPM's. At that point both cylinders would kick in, and just abt pop a wheely on the bike

I my case, it was the Carburetor settings, After multiple attempts to correct it, I removed the carbs, and cleaned them, examined them and so on. I also removed the jets and screws, recording all the settings on the good carb vs the suspect carb. as it turned out, the front carb we set somewhere in left field

I would suspect your pilot jet in clogged, and miss-set after all your attempts to get it ready to sell

after I matched the settings, it ran like a top

RH

Alright, I'll dig into the electrical tomorrow and possily disassymble the carbs again and see what I can find. Thank you all, maybe I just wasn't meant to sell this bike.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help, I finally got her running. Went through many of the ideas listed, turned out not to be electrical, and i wasn't ready to spend the money for a new TCI unit so i went through the carbs again paid close attention to the pilot jet, and discovered the lower inlet to the pilot had some crud in it. Freed that up, went through all the jets thoroughly again, and now she purrs like a kitten. Not bad for a 25 year old bike. Can't believe I went through the carbs so many times before getting it right. Next time i'll be more thorough from the start.

Glad ya got it going..................)

That is good news. I was wondering just yesterday if you had looked into it more. Congrats!

mcbrune wrote:
Just wanted to say thanks for all the help, I went through the carbs again paid close attention to the pilot jet, and discovered the lower inlet to the pilot had some crud in it. Freed that up, went through all the jets thoroughly again, and now she purrs like a kitten. Not bad for a 25 year old bike. C

Hey I the guy that had the same problem on my Virago. I am glad you got it set. It was driving me crazy for weeks when it happened to me. I just happened to see Virago in your note and I tuned in,, I loved that bike, and immediately saw it for what it was when you described the problem.

Unmistakable when the second cylinder kicks it, that's the key, when it, the vacuum kicks in the main jet, you shoot off like a rocket !..

RH

Oh... I was reading through this thread. I guess I misunderstood.

I thought it was Viagra issues!!!

You old guys are all just the same. You limp Humm What ever !