A quick update on my recently acquired 2006 Whizzer:
The carb was a mess, the old fuel had the orig carb gummed up so bad, the slide would not move. I just so happened to have a new Whizzer replacement carb (for another project), so I bolted it on. Then I threw out the old fuel line and filter and replaced it with new.
The tank had a little bit of old fuel in it as well. I drained what was left and gave the tank a quick rinse with some fresh fuel to clean it out real well. Back onto the bike it went.
I decided a quick oil change was in order -glad I did a quick change. The old oil was pretty dirty.
After a few cranks of the pedals, she roared to life! I ran it for a bit, then adjusted the idle. I went ahead and changed the oil again to be sure the crank case was clean and took her for a ride. I've put about 5 miles on it now, overall, it's running pretty good, but it seems like it runs just a bit warm. I suspect that it could probably use a valve adjustment before I put too many more miles on it.
So far, so good. As soon as it's all dialed in, I'll move forward with some performance upgrades.
More to come...
Rich
The carb was a mess, the old fuel had the orig carb gummed up so bad, the slide would not move. I just so happened to have a new Whizzer replacement carb (for another project), so I bolted it on. Then I threw out the old fuel line and filter and replaced it with new.
The tank had a little bit of old fuel in it as well. I drained what was left and gave the tank a quick rinse with some fresh fuel to clean it out real well. Back onto the bike it went.
I decided a quick oil change was in order -glad I did a quick change. The old oil was pretty dirty.
After a few cranks of the pedals, she roared to life! I ran it for a bit, then adjusted the idle. I went ahead and changed the oil again to be sure the crank case was clean and took her for a ride. I've put about 5 miles on it now, overall, it's running pretty good, but it seems like it runs just a bit warm. I suspect that it could probably use a valve adjustment before I put too many more miles on it.
So far, so good. As soon as it's all dialed in, I'll move forward with some performance upgrades.
More to come...
Rich
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