Recent content by suthern

Well I'll try to see if it's a stuck ring before I tear it down. So about how much are we talking about pouring in to the cylinder? A few tablespoons or so?

Looks like I might be tearing this bad boy apart. It should be a learning experience to say the least. Does anybody have any suggestions/ideas before I go through with taking the motor apart? Also, I read somewhere that you could tell if the ring/piston was the cause by pouring a bit of oil...

That impacter did the trick. Thanks for the tip. After adjusting the valves the left cylinder tested about 170 psi. The right cylinder was way too loose but after adjusting and testing compression again I was still only at 100 psi. I rechecked the valves and I must've fudged the adjustment the...

Wow I didn't know it could make that much of a difference! I was going to adjust the valves, but I couldn't get the dang stator cover off. I sprayed some pb blaster on there and will try again tomorrow.

Alright fellas I had a few minutes to mess with the motorcycle today and decided to test compression. The carbs are already off the bike so I did the test with a cold engine and no carbs. The left cylinder is about 160 but the right was only 90! I haven't adjusted the valves yet but that...

Alright, it's been almost a year since I've touched the bike, but that is about to change. I just finished school and have moved back home to where the bike. I want to do this right as I have no plans to resell the bike. So what should my plan of attack be? Again, neither motorcycle has been...

I figured they would be gone ::) Good luck with selling the rest of the parts

Have the cl headers?

Well that sucks. That's what I ordered earlier this week. I guess I'll just do as you suggested and try to reuse the needles/jets.

When you plastidipped them did you take them apart or not?

Are keyster kits the ones that are $30 for both carbs on ebay? Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

??? Why is keyster no good?

+1, Google answers my questions about EVERYTHING on a daily basis ;D

As John said, check all the wiring associated with the horn as well as the internals of the horn/switch. It sounds like the fall caused a short somewhere.

Again, thanks for clearing things up.