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crabdance · #11 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 08:32 AM

Well... I looked up Norm's carburetor thread and while the thread is great it still didn't help me a lot. I sent a PM to Norman and told him of my troubles. Hopefully he won't mind the PM. The bike seems to be doing a little better now. I can go for a while without any problems. Have no idea why. I think it performs better now that it knows I'm carrying a screwdriver with me

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Still tinkering with it... will let you know if I find out anything. Now I'm off to buy more nuts and bolts to replace the ones that vibrated of yesterday.. sigh.
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crabdance · #12 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 08:49 AM

Ok everyone... here's an update. After talking to Norman, I looked at the wishbone clip in the carburetor and realized that the prongs were uneven. So I bent one clip to match the other clip. Now that I have done this, I haven't flooded out on the carburetor yet. Today will be my second day riding. I will put some miles on it and see how it goes. If nothing goes wrong today I will think that I have my problem solved. Many thanks goes to Norman who gave me the courage to look into the carburetor further (a mechanic, I'm not).

I will update everyone later today and let you know what happens. Yesterday was good and I hope today will be good too.

Wish me luck!
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**Ilikeabikea** · #13 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 08:55 AM

Glad you got it going. That Norman is a genius. Even if he's doing methanol therapy he's a genius.

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crabdance · #14 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ilikeabikea

Glad you got it going. That Norman is a genius. Even if he's doing methanol therapy he's a genius.

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lol, yes, he is. He sure helped to guide me. Well I just got back from a ride that took me out of the city limits (I live in a small town), and still no problems like before. I do believe that bending the wishbone prong in the carburetor may have done the trick. It hasn't cut out for 2 days now. I'm REALLY keeping my fingers crossed.

I also got it to idle a little better. Will have to wait and see how it does in the long run. Before it was no fun. Every time I came up to a stop sign it would die and I would have to pedal through the stop sign and start my engine again. No fun.

That brings me to a question. How does everyone take off from a dead start? Do you pedal or just let the motor do the work. I tend to let the motor do the work and just take off slow.

**Ilikeabikea** · #15 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 10:54 AM

I always pedal mine to start. Try to save the clutch all I can...........................

crabdance · #16 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 10:56 AM

Thanks... guess that's something I should consider. I don't want my clutch going out on me.

Pablo · #17 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by crabdance

lol, yes, he is. He sure helped to guide me.......

That brings me to a question. How does everyone take off from a dead start? Do you pedal or just let the motor do the work. I tend to let the motor do the work and just take off slow.

Score:
Norman = 900
The rest of us = 7

At least he didn't tell you your needle has no taper.

As for taking off, with regular set up, unless you have a 55+ sprocket or jackshaft and lower gears you should pedal....bad mojo.....clutch pucks all gone. With my jackshaft and lower gear I can almost wheelie if I rev it enough...a bit scary....sometimes when I'm just rolling along and come on the pipe, hang on!!

crabdance · #18 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Pablo

Score:
Norman = 900
The rest of us = 7

At least he didn't tell you your needle has no taper.

As for taking off, with regular set up, unless you have a 55+ sprocket or jackshaft and lower gears you should pedal....bad mojo.....clutch pucks all gone. With my jackshaft and lower gear I can almost wheelie if I rev it enough...a bit scary....sometimes when I'm just rolling along and come on the pipe, hang on!!

Thanks for the note about taking off. I have a stock setup and I think I have a 44 tooth sprocket. I want my bike to last so I will take everyone's advice and start pedaling.