I bought my xj550 when I was around your age, and it had been sitting in someone's shed for awhile and had not run in a number of years. It was...
Have you swapped plugs between cylinders? If it's a bad plug, the condition would follow the bad plug, same with a bad plug lead.
Dominion software was used in a lot of states besides the ones contested. Does that mean the results of those states are suspect as well? or does...
There was almost 70% turnout for the presidential election, only made possible by loads of early in-person voting, and loads of mail in or...
If you think the petcock is not delivering fuel via vacuum, switch it to the prime setting and see how it runs. The choke is an enrichment...
The fuel gauge says half a tank, but is the tank actually at half? The Seca tank is 4.2 gallons, with the last .9 gallons being considered...
Could it be from the tach gear housing? there is an o-ring (or maybe a d-ring) that tends to leak.
Is the hole too stripped to try a thread chaser?
I think the little metal donut is a washer for the mixture screw, there should be one for each carb and a corresponding 0-ring.
XS models also have kickstarters.
Are all four cylinders firing? Are exhaust headers equally hot?
14 is a Cadillac hubcap, and 15 is an Oldsmobile (I would guess Toronado, but not sure)
Number 1 are Buick Wildcat hubcaps, number 13 is a Buick Riviera hubcap.
A hanging idle is only a problem if you ride places that require idling. So just avoid stop signs, stop lights, your driveway, etc...and you're...