Okay I have been slumping here on the ol blog... We hit a wave of really good weather and I got wrapped up in the planning of our deck remodel and some outside projects. On top of that my motorcycle class was rescheduled to this month, so that put a wrench in the spokes so to speak.
Okay enough excuses lets get down to the bike. Had bob, dad, uncle and friends give me advice on the bike and have won some and lost some. Took the tank off and got down to the air intake. Put some starting fluid down there and the bike to catch every 10 turn overs or so. I was stoked when it caught and really wanted to keep moving forward. When I put the tank back on and tried to run it on gas instead of starting fluid. It caught a couple of times, but still wasn't satisfactory. Then I got to wondering how the fuel pump was working. After disconnecting the fuel lines, i ran into a 26 year old fitting which of course crumbled. so now I need to go get some fresh fuel line.
I decided to bite the bullet and clean the carbs too. Got those pulled and cleaned out what little crap was in there. I soaked the jets in cleaner and did find that one my choke valves doesn't work. I think it will survive without replacement considering its only the one cylinder and it is in the run position, not the start position.
So carbs are cleaned, fuel system is clear and flowing. I am off to hook up the battery and see if we didn't crack this nut!
Thoughts for the next steps? I'm thinking its time to look at valves and see where they are in adjustment.
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