I have a 1996 ls650, I put a brand new carb on this bike and replaced a leaking head gasket. Cant fiqure out why but when driving the bike for some reason i can not go any faster than 55-60mph, i live in florida, The bike seems topped out at 60mph like thats all the power shes got. It makes no difference if i ride solo or with my wife on too.

Not sure whats going on, any help would be greatful.
1996 ls650
13110 miles

Replaced carb because original was in really bad shape, thried to tear donwn to clean but screws were stripped from someone prior to me, so needles to say i bouhgt a new carb, and they are not cheap at all.

Yes when i replaced the head gasket i had motor out of the bike and the head timingchain cam all of that was removed.

this is my first bike so im still new to them i can work on them but dont know much about them. thanks for the help.

Awsome i will check after this weekend bike has 13,000 miles so not sure how stretched the chain could be? It was my first time working on this motor so more than like ly its off, you say to go CCW with cam, how come, if the cam sprocket is off how do i know which way too go to allow for stretched chain? Also can you tell me what on this bike tells the inigtion coil when to fire? Thanks.

ok thanks i will check everything out on tuesday and i let you know how i make out, thanks for the help.

great!, glad to be of help.

tap a bolt in if you can't get it welded.

went one farther! A coke can and some self tapping screws and some hitemp silcone looks good!

Gotta get to where you can see the cam & the timing marks on the left side. Or, You could study the location of the piston in the cylinder & the position of the valves.

You have to pull the valve cover and the right side cover to see the chain, you can line up the crank to the mark on the inspection plug on the left side to get TDC. I just adjusted mine that was off 2 teeth. Unfortunetly i thought or so it seemed that this fixed my problem but i only gained a slight power increase, only slight! Still not sure whats going on, Ive got a compression tester but i need an adapter to fit the plug hole, im thinking that im losing compression. I am still only able to get up to about 60mph with full throttle, I also checked my valve clearance in the process, they checked out ok. Any one else have this problem? I have installed a OEM brand new carb and a new head gasket, and exuast gasket. Im really starting to get fustrated with this bike, thought i got got a good deal on it! paid a thousand bucks for the bike. 530.00 for a carb, 40.00 for a head gasket, 5.00 for an exaust gasket, so thats up to 1,575.00! Plus banged up knuckles and frustration, lol.
:'(