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<blockquote data-quote="Rajder" data-source="post: 1635073" data-attributes="member: 11636"><p>Why in the world would you want to waste all of that Seafoam and then end up with a bike that was slower than the original bike? <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> Sounds like a perfectly good waste of Seafoam and a Shadow 650 to me! <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But back to the OP. Since you only paid $600 for the bike I'm assuming you don't want to pay some other mechanic $500 just to fix it. Get a good Haynes or equivalent manual and start with the carbs and the seafoam. Then put it back together with new seals & gaskets and sync the carbs. Then do like BigJoe said and check the output on the battery. From there you can move on and check the stator.</p><p></p><p>Then when your done with all that and the bike still doesn't run right then you can take it to a mechanic! <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> Just kidding, kinda. If you've never messed with carbs before be prepared to have them on and off the bike about 100 times before you get it right. Fuel injection is way easier to mess with. Good luck!</p><p></p><p>And wear a helmet!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rajder, post: 1635073, member: 11636"] Why in the world would you want to waste all of that Seafoam and then end up with a bike that was slower than the original bike? :) Sounds like a perfectly good waste of Seafoam and a Shadow 650 to me! :) But back to the OP. Since you only paid $600 for the bike I'm assuming you don't want to pay some other mechanic $500 just to fix it. Get a good Haynes or equivalent manual and start with the carbs and the seafoam. Then put it back together with new seals & gaskets and sync the carbs. Then do like BigJoe said and check the output on the battery. From there you can move on and check the stator. Then when your done with all that and the bike still doesn't run right then you can take it to a mechanic! :) Just kidding, kinda. If you've never messed with carbs before be prepared to have them on and off the bike about 100 times before you get it right. Fuel injection is way easier to mess with. Good luck! And wear a helmet! [/QUOTE]
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