ApriliaBill
Yeah...I'm old school.
Ok, so I bought a 72 BSA Thunderbolt. Doesn't get much more simple. Single carb. Has E.I. Got here a little rough, I rebuilt the carb. charged the battery and it ran pretty well. Had a really shitty paint job and the tank was starting to seep, the petcocks were really tired and it had crappy mufflers. I had a set of really nice mufflers, and ordered a new tank and petcocks. I had the original tank cleaned and seams repaired.
So today I button up the tank and petcocks, fill the bike with fuel and fire her up. Ran fine for a few minutes and then died and pissed a quart of oil on the floor. W.T.F. I clean up the oil and check the plugs which are dry. I try to fire it again and I'm getting so much kickback, it literally almost kicked me back over the bars. It back fired a few times and fired for a few seconds a few times. It sat over the winter, but without gas. I'm not sure where to start. I have a bad back and this kickback B.S. isn't helping. I need some input. I put it on a charger and walked away before I threw a match on it. It didn't smoke when running today...This is an O.I.F. bike. Any ideas???
So today I button up the tank and petcocks, fill the bike with fuel and fire her up. Ran fine for a few minutes and then died and pissed a quart of oil on the floor. W.T.F. I clean up the oil and check the plugs which are dry. I try to fire it again and I'm getting so much kickback, it literally almost kicked me back over the bars. It back fired a few times and fired for a few seconds a few times. It sat over the winter, but without gas. I'm not sure where to start. I have a bad back and this kickback B.S. isn't helping. I need some input. I put it on a charger and walked away before I threw a match on it. It didn't smoke when running today...This is an O.I.F. bike. Any ideas???