WestCoastCafe
New Member
Hey guys,
So my build has come to its end, or so i thought. Everything is together, just waiting for the seat to come back form the upholsterer. (picture of the bike so far below) Its a 78 xs650, with the front end from a 01 yamaha r6. Engine ran awesome when I got it, but looked terrible so I took it out to clean it all up. I didn't touch anything internally in the engine, just took the cam cover off to get sandblasted and painted. Now that its all back together I am having a serious issue starting the thing, well two issues.
1) when I go to kickstart it (no electric start wired yet) sometimes it starts no problem first or second kick, then will idle and rev beautifully. But most of the time, it either doesnt start or gives me wicked compression and kicks back really hard.
2) the battery does not seem to hold charge. It will start with a battery charger connected, and the charger will read 100%. Without the charger connected i can get it started once or twice but then the battery seems to run out of juice.
Originally it started great everytime, so what did I screw up??
Thanks in advance
*i also wrapped the exhaust if that will have affected anything
So my build has come to its end, or so i thought. Everything is together, just waiting for the seat to come back form the upholsterer. (picture of the bike so far below) Its a 78 xs650, with the front end from a 01 yamaha r6. Engine ran awesome when I got it, but looked terrible so I took it out to clean it all up. I didn't touch anything internally in the engine, just took the cam cover off to get sandblasted and painted. Now that its all back together I am having a serious issue starting the thing, well two issues.
1) when I go to kickstart it (no electric start wired yet) sometimes it starts no problem first or second kick, then will idle and rev beautifully. But most of the time, it either doesnt start or gives me wicked compression and kicks back really hard.
2) the battery does not seem to hold charge. It will start with a battery charger connected, and the charger will read 100%. Without the charger connected i can get it started once or twice but then the battery seems to run out of juice.
Originally it started great everytime, so what did I screw up??
Thanks in advance
*i also wrapped the exhaust if that will have affected anything