{ Anyway, now it starts and idles fine, but sputters/stalls out whenever the slightest bit of throttle is applied. are vented to the atmosphere: View from the right side of the carb, including labels for each nipple. Re-attaching the air box to the carb was a bear and I finally had to fashion a very short rubber adapter, held in place by hose clamps, to get it to work. Hey guys, I am having the same sort of problem with my 180 can anyone link me to the BCV fix, maybe a youtube video showing exactly how to fix this problem... Re: 1983 Yamaha Riva XC180K - throttle issue, http://www.jacksscootershop.com/yamaha_info.html.

Electrolytes are topped off. { Read the carb stuff from Jack and do it ALL! By sticking my finger into the carburetor intake while at idle (until I can feel the fuel entering carburetor) and applying throttle, I am able to get it to run normally. I'm having same issue: starts and idles well, but when I apply throttle, it bogs down and stalls. function popup(mylink, windowname) Once I understand the procedures and acquire the parts needed.

if (! I have a battery jump pack that I connect sometimes and it starts right up in these cases.

Just test rode again, hit 65mph, felt close to the top, but I did run out of road. } This tells me the engine is running lean (not getting enough fuel) at higher throttle and thus stalling.

Dickie70 wrote:I stumbled on a VERY clean looking 1983 Yamaha 180 Riva for sale in a mechanics shop, 1800 miles.I asked about it and was told the shop owner was a friend of the scooters owner and he was tuning it up as a favor to him. Kevinforesthill - It is still a CV style carb, not the slide style. by kevinv710 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:47 pm, Return to “Yamaha Large Scooters (125cc+)”, Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest, Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited, Riva 125, Riva 180/200, Vino 125, BWs/Zuma 125, SMAX, Majesty, Morphous and TMAX. by donny » Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:27 pm, Post //-->, Maintenance Information for the Yamaha Riva 180. thanks so much! Disconnect the battery ground Review: “ I bought my Riva 180 with 3250 on the clock and a boogered-up carburetor. href=mylink.href; A few moments later I started it and took off, within minutes it began stalling again. It was a 50/50 mix of a rig and an install as the throttle cable is now on the other side of the carb and the manual choke still needs to be figured out, but, out of the box it fired right up without any choke, ran smoothly at idle, and like a raped ape throughout the powerband. } if (typeof(mylink) == 'string')