V Star 650 Carburetor issue?

dt.15r said:

Hello, everyone. I hope everyone is having a good day/night. I just recently bought a V star 650 Classic (01) for $1,500. The person who sold it to me said he was selling it for so cheap because he said he messed up the carburetor trying to do a DIY job. Something to do with either the needle inside the carb. So he says. When I start the bike cold, and turn the choke on, it idles good and everything. But when I open the throttle it dies. On my rebel 250 when I did a cold start on her she would let me open the throttle to get the revs up. But that's not even the main issue. The main issue is on 1st gear, when I wanna take off it feels like its about to die, so I open the throttle more and it does the job. I didn't think it required so much throttle to be open. The other issue arose when I was on the highway. I noticed that I went up through all the gears on the 650 and it didn't want surpass 60 mph. Which was pretty bizarre to me. Because my 250 would go 85mph and reach its max speed. It honestly felt like it wanted to go more but it couldn't. The revs weren't even high. In my introduction I gave an example that went something like this "it felt like it was the weight of a 650 but the power of a 250" maybe even less than the 250 tbh. I only say that because it didn't want to go pass 60mph. I just wanted to know if you guys would recommend switching both carburetors out with new ones? Would that fix the problem im having? Thank you so much for taking the time to read this thread. I hope everyone has a good day/night. Any help would be grateful thanks. View attachment 92161

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dt.15r said:

Update: Rebuild kit should come tomorrow (Thursday) I had another question. Can I just slap on this carb? Even though its not a 07? Or does the carb differ throughout the models. 2007 Yamaha V Star 650 Classic Carbs Carburetors | eBay

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KCW said:

dt

from 9 days ago:



if you are not going to take peoples advice you are going to end up with your motorcycle in a couple of baskets for sale as is on craigslist

if you downloaded the factory manual look at the exploded drawing of the carb in the rebuild section, or goto bikebandit.com and put in the year make and model of your bike, then follow the OEM parts tree down to the carb

it will show an exploded drawing of your carb and list every part that is in it with arrows and numbers, and the thread sizes and length of each fastener. You will have to measure all the screws to figure out which one is which

since you took all the parts off without taking photos or notes or making any drawings, now you will have to figure out what each part is by size in mm and its shape from the exploded drawing

there is no real order for putting the jets back in, each one just needs all its parts and spacers and seals and springs as you replace them one by one

I dont mean to sound un-compassionate, you hurried up and took it all apart and piled the parts together, when a bit of your time, a few photos on your phone and some simple drawings would have made it really simple

from your photos it looks like you cleaned the carb bodies up nicely

you can do this - slow down and take your time, and if you are really stuck on specific parts (if you cant tell one from the other) someone can probably help you

but remember some people only log into the website every few days - this is not the yamaha factory service emergency hotline

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lesblank said:

And we have a winner!!!

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dt.15r said:

I think I got it, it must be this. Check me if I’m wrong View attachment 92951

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