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However as I discoverd today starting this beast when it hasn't ran for a few hours is extemely hard to do. I know the first answer your going to think of (I thought of it too) "Go ride it every couple of hours". Of course the bosses at work and my family requirements make that a practical impossibility.
So what I have to do is get it to the point of where it starts easily.
Here are the symptoms of todays problems.
Key switch on.
Handlebar Kill Switch on.
Clutch engaged with engine in neutral.
Choke on.
Press starter button.
Run starter till battery is nearly exhausted.
Bike sometimes spits, pops and slowly comes to life like one of those hit-n-miss engines.
The plugs are staying dry and the fire is real good so I'm guessing .... its a carb issue (again):huh:
So where do I begin?
Thanks again in advance again.
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That, and a new coil...
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I have tried it with no choke. Maybe I should try it without touching the throttle.
I'm grasping at straws here.
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Maybe I should try it without touching the throttle.
Do "NOT" touch the throttle when using the choke (it's not really a choke, but most call it that). Turn on the petcock, turn on the choke to full, turn on the key, squeeze the clutch lever, hit the starter button, that's it, don't touch the throttle.
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The coil is new.
I have tried it with no choke. Maybe I should try it without touching the throttle.
I'm grasping at straws here.
The coil mod, that Toast suggested, has nothing to do w/a new or old coil. The wiring in these old bikes get funky. The mod uses a relay to get full power from the battery directly to the coil. If you ain't gettin' full power to the coil, she ain't gonna start well, cold, using the starter. If everything is working right, she should start w/a couple of kicks w/the kickstarter, even cold.
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If the bike is DEAD COLD, pull the choke on almost all the way.
If it's been sitting maybe 1/2 - 1 hour, I don't need the choke.
2 or 3 hours, apply just a bit of choke.
NEVER crank on the throttle as you are trying to start it. Just set the thing to about the right idle point and that's it until it fires up.
FYI: the problem I have seen that will make a bike a cranky starter in the 1 - 2 hour range is the needle jets may not be seating tight, or the fuel levels may be too high. As the bike sits, gas seeps by the needle and fills the bowl and lets some seep into the bore (flooding it).
Do you always turn the petcock OFF each time you stop?
Is the petcock sealing well?
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Now where do I find out more on this coil modification?
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