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Small Problem: wont start.
- dragsta
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01 Jul 2010 06:40 #379434
by dragsta
Replied by dragsta on topic Small Problem: wont start.
Conor wrote:
if you are going to be a motersickle owner, you had better get some asap or you will be a slave to the shop.
you need to do some simple tests. first disconnect the fuel line below the petcock and fuel filter and see if it's flowing gas. if so, you need to clean the carbs. buy some tools it's not a hard job. you don't even have to take the carbs apart all the way. i figured it out as i went along.
about three years ago, a guy in dallas gave me a stone stock, nice, 75, CB500T. he said it had valve problems. i got it home and it ran really bad. i removed the carbs and low and behold the idle jets were clogged. i did some other little stuff and adjusted the cam chain and the bike ran like attorneys to an accident. i later sold it for $1,400.
The dealer did a full service and have had it running up until the delivered it yesterday. I dont currently have the tools.. but could borrow some in the next couple o' days.
if you are going to be a motersickle owner, you had better get some asap or you will be a slave to the shop.
you need to do some simple tests. first disconnect the fuel line below the petcock and fuel filter and see if it's flowing gas. if so, you need to clean the carbs. buy some tools it's not a hard job. you don't even have to take the carbs apart all the way. i figured it out as i went along.
about three years ago, a guy in dallas gave me a stone stock, nice, 75, CB500T. he said it had valve problems. i got it home and it ran really bad. i removed the carbs and low and behold the idle jets were clogged. i did some other little stuff and adjusted the cam chain and the bike ran like attorneys to an accident. i later sold it for $1,400.
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