Yea, i hear ya there is some like that here. I know for sure we have to have helmets, both mirrors, i forget the exact bar height measurement........ Pipe decibels (which is total Bullshit. loud pipes save lives.) Signal lights you supposedly can get away with because you can use hand signals but......the cops will try to burn you on that.Scruffy said:Handlebar height limit? That's no fun... let's see, current bike regs require headlight, tail light, one mirror, passenger pegs if you intend to haul 2 up. Other than that, anything goes... Oh, we are still stuck with a lid law, but the way people drive here (no license, no insurance on 90% of in county tagged 4 or more wheeled vehicles), I wear one.
JordanCFH said:Quick update. I've finally dealt with the straight pipes lol ( even tho I'd love to keep it that way) I have determined the problems i was having at the august long weekend party we took the bike to so i could ride it and figure out any problems with it. It's been the carb's..... Not sync'd the slide is jamming causing the flat spot on the left cylinder. im just gonna try to clean the cap the slide is jamming in and get the bodies sonic cleaned. I will also be buying a rebuild kit for it. It's going to be a battle with them but, i am not going to give up on it since i've already put all this work into it.
I may or may not have time to work on it once september comes as i will be returning to school and might have myself a 1975 Ford f250 ranger with the 390 to deal with also. =P
MotorbikeBruno said:Carbs are easier than most think. Just pull apart, pay attention to where things were/are clean nicely and put back together. I know that makes it sound easier than it may be to some, but really it's not that hard. If you have diaphragm carbs, take those out before you go spraying cleaner etc all over them. Your rubber will thank you. Also, hot water to soften things up works well too. Just remember that aluminum transfers heat insanely well...so if you put boiling water in there...and try to grab them..you will wish you didn't.
JordanCFH said:K, I'm sending em off to get sonic cleaned on Monday. If I still have the flat spot after the cleaning, I will get the rebuild kit. But I will be getting 2 vacuum gauges first and make sure they are synchronized properly before I drop the money on a rebuild kit.
while I wait for that I've fixed the ferring and begun painting, made the signal light mounts, gotta install my Honda rear signal lights into the Harley light housings. Basically to avoid having to buy specific Harley bulbs.
I have also decided on a name for the bike since my father and I changed the color scheme. knucklebuster . Fits the bike since I've lost a lot of skin on my hands to the bike lol
JordanCFH said:I had this problem with the flat spot when i first got the bike. It's either the Carb or ignition coil. Cause with the stock exhaust and breather box it still had the flat spot revving it up at idle (forget the start of the flat spot RPM atm.) It also when under load the cylinder wasn't firing (the slide jamming was the problem in that case.Just dumping fuel into the cylinder.) I'm going to clean the carbs, test them. If there is still no change, test the coil ( i have another coil i can test also...so before i buy the kit ill test both coils and check plug gapping.)
I'm hoping it doesn't come down to there may be something wrong internally on the engine once i've went through all possible reasons that its doing this. To make my life simpler i'm going to make a nice little checklist of possible causes and check each one. As i've been getting a little frustrated trying to figure it out.
Edit: The right cylinder runs great with the cone filter, I have not had a single problem with that side..... I'm deff swaying towards something you mentioned and also just thought that possibly since the bike was sitting for so long and i'm pretty sure the fuel line was left on and not turned off, either its gummed up with old &^%$ fuel or debris (and my cleaning attempt was piss poor) maybe causing a restriction or blockage. But it doesn't explain why that the right carb works fine so it maybe something as simple as you mentioned. I'm over thinking this too much lol.
MotorbikeBruno said:Yeah, go back over the insides. Make sure the pilot jets are really clean! The carb cleaner with the straw works best. I would soak them in boiling water (or really hot water) and then try to clean them out. That way the heat softens the crud up a bit. Start with that, and then also spray down the spot where the pilot jet screws in. You should see it come out of 2 places. ONE will be where it actually goes into the carb throat, and the second will be in the back of the carb where the Mixture screw goes through to close off/open up. See attached picture. I think this is the same as yours?
JordanCFH said:Its similar, looks like an older set. Yea the sonic cleaning should get all that crap for me ( dunno if my dad took them in yet.) If not i will do what your suggesting. then afterwards if things still persist, I'll install a kit.
Edit: to mention it....I noticed when i took the carbs apart down to the jets being still in it. there WAS NOTHING and i mean NOTHING to be seen in the right carb.....on the left it had a Orange/red (rust obviously) residue in the float bowl section....it was noticeable . Finally coming to learn how temper mental carbs can be (insert whatever vulgar joke that will probably come to mind for relation,) i can't NOT be pointing that out as a possibility