05-30-2010, 07:10 PM | #61 |
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Re: Please help me get my bike started
Glad to see we got you going again.
Was down towards your way over the weekend on a sailing trip, Sarris is not too far away. C'mon down when you go to FSU, it's almost on the way home. And ride the bike regularly, that's the best way to keep it going. Use the Seafoam 1 oz/gal gas every 4 -5 tankfuls, you don't need it all the time. Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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05-31-2010, 11:02 AM | #62 |
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Re: Please help me get my bike started
Got on it last evening. Ran fine but of course I didn't go much over 20. Out this morning and it was lurching a bit and stalled a couple times but started right back up. Took it out on the big road (only my neighborhood - 30 mph) and it seemed to lose power in third and stalled. Started up and turned back onto the "little" streets. Cut off again. I'm sitting under a shady tree now because it wouldn't start anymore. Don't want to push this thing back home. (. My fun was short lived. Where's the gunk clogging now?!?!?!!!
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05-31-2010, 12:17 PM | #63 | |
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You may still be having float/needle trouble, putting excess gas into the engine. YOU MAY BE DAMAGING THE ENGINE BY RIDING IT LIKE THIS. Read the above line until it sinks in......please. This is improtant. If you can't find a "friend" to help you, a shop visit is in order.
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05-31-2010, 05:49 PM | #66 |
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Just for laughs. see if you can start the bike again, after 30 seconds or so of running it to warm it up, with no choke on, see if it revs up with no problem and will run that way for 20-30 secs. If so, there may not be any more "gunk" in the carb. You may just be overloading the engine at too slow a speed in too high a gear and stalling it. If it will run and run at high speed (rpms), you may have to adjust your shifting patterns. You may be going slower than you think in third gear. If it runs OK, go around the neighborhood in second gear and see if it stalls.
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06-03-2010, 09:25 AM | #67 |
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OK, again, so what happened? Does it run, did you get it fixed, whatever it was?
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06-09-2010, 08:00 AM | #68 |
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Damn, I run at 30/32 MPH in fourth!
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06-10-2010, 10:12 AM | #70 |
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Re: Please help me get my bike started
yeah thats true - just trying to keep the revs down and save a bit of petrol but as soon as it looks like dropping below 30mph i'm straight down to third
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