canyoncarver said:
Why'd you pull the electronic ignition out?
Just trying to rule things out and because I can't get the bike to idle, I can't verify the timing on the electronic ignition.
Anyway... I spent a few more hours at it this weekend and I'm stumped. I'm showing signs of being both rich and lean at the same time and my skills (or lack thereof) in this arena are starting to show.
Here are the symptoms I'm seeing:
1.) Bike will start from cold with the choke, but only run for a couple of seconds before needing the choke to come off.
2.) After that, the bike will not start with the choke and actually needs a bit of throttle to get going. The bike will not start unless I give it about 1/4 turn of the throttle.
3.) Bike immediately dies if I let off the throttle.
4.) If I give the bike more throttle, it will not rev. The exhaust note changes and become very "tinny", but it won't go over 2000 RPM, even at WOT in neutral.
Some other information:
1.) I replaced almost all of the brass and seals using the 4 into 1 carb kit. The mixture screws were different and so I could not replace them. The main jets that came out of the cabrs were 125 and 130 (mismatched sides) and the new main jets that went back in were 140s. Other brass may have been different as well, but not all of the parts were stamped.
2.) The butterfly valves will not seem to close fully. They're not beveled like on my 360 and I've messed with them several times to no avail.
3.) I have not checked compression, but seeing as how I had the bike running and riding just two weeks ago, I think all is good? I will eventually check this, though.
4.) Static ignition timing has been set and points are back on the bike. I've verified that I have spark using a strobe light, but dynamic timing has not been verified because the bike won't idle.
Any ideas?