captainron
New Member
I am new to posting but have done a bit of reading on this forum and found this forum to be very helpful so far.
I recently was able to title this bike with the help of some research on this forum.
This is my first and only bike that has been sitting in my garage for the past 10 years b/c I regrettably paid cash for it back then without a title.
Up until recently, I wasn't able to title it b/c the guy I bought it from didn't have the title.
But now, South Carolina has a new law where you can title a bike 25 years or older if you were willing to go through a bunch of paperwork, VIN # verification check, and cross check the bike to make sure it did not show up on a stolen list or insurance scrap list. Basically, a lot of time and red tape at the SC DMV, but it is possible.
So with bona fide title, I have begun to get the bike back in working order.
So far i have done the following:
New battery
Replaced gas lines and cleaned out gas tank best I could
Changed oil/oil filter
new plug(single cylinder)
New carb(single Mikuni - very cheap on ebay) - still not sure if better than cleaning the original
New air filter
I have gotten the bike to where it starts up and runs. Just not 100% yet.
Starts up fine and idles good. Kind of gives up power in the higher gears.
From what research I have done, i believe it is most likely a carb issue.
I am a novice to the working of the carbs and cleaning/tuning are a bit of my head.
Any help would be appreciative.
thanks,
I recently was able to title this bike with the help of some research on this forum.
This is my first and only bike that has been sitting in my garage for the past 10 years b/c I regrettably paid cash for it back then without a title.
Up until recently, I wasn't able to title it b/c the guy I bought it from didn't have the title.
But now, South Carolina has a new law where you can title a bike 25 years or older if you were willing to go through a bunch of paperwork, VIN # verification check, and cross check the bike to make sure it did not show up on a stolen list or insurance scrap list. Basically, a lot of time and red tape at the SC DMV, but it is possible.
So with bona fide title, I have begun to get the bike back in working order.
So far i have done the following:
New battery
Replaced gas lines and cleaned out gas tank best I could
Changed oil/oil filter
new plug(single cylinder)
New carb(single Mikuni - very cheap on ebay) - still not sure if better than cleaning the original
New air filter
I have gotten the bike to where it starts up and runs. Just not 100% yet.
Starts up fine and idles good. Kind of gives up power in the higher gears.
From what research I have done, i believe it is most likely a carb issue.
I am a novice to the working of the carbs and cleaning/tuning are a bit of my head.
Any help would be appreciative.
thanks,