Hey all,
I've been enjoying my kit trouble free for a couple months now. After a few long trips on the thing, I decided to remount the engine with some thick rubber to reduce vibration yesterday.
After remounting the engine, the bike only gets up to about 20 mph. I used to enjoy 34 mph consistently. The bike starts up perfectly, is peppy and goes 0-15mph just like it used to, but once it hits about 20, the bike sounds like it is just giving up. Then after about a minute of driving it, the bike starts surging forward, then slowing, surging, then slowing.
It's soooooo frusterating. What I've troubleshooted so far:
1) I made sure all the bolts on the intake, case head, exhaust, etc were tight
2) I took off the carb and looked for any problems - didn't notice any
3) I removed the air-filter (the one thing I had to re-attach after re-mounting the engine), and replaced the spark plug with a new one
After this, bike still acted the same way, so I....
4) Replaced the carb with another NT that I had
5) I replaced the fuel line (was worried the in-line filter was causing it to flood)
The bike took off and flew perfectly like it used to. I got it up to 32 mph, I slowed down, rounded a corner, and then the bike started chugging like it was before. It started doing it all over again, same exact symptoms!! Maxxing out at 20 mph for a minute, then surging, slowing, surging, slowing, and so on until I turn it off. So I believe it's safe to say, it isn't the carb.
What's going on here fellas? Any ideas?
I've been enjoying my kit trouble free for a couple months now. After a few long trips on the thing, I decided to remount the engine with some thick rubber to reduce vibration yesterday.
After remounting the engine, the bike only gets up to about 20 mph. I used to enjoy 34 mph consistently. The bike starts up perfectly, is peppy and goes 0-15mph just like it used to, but once it hits about 20, the bike sounds like it is just giving up. Then after about a minute of driving it, the bike starts surging forward, then slowing, surging, then slowing.
It's soooooo frusterating. What I've troubleshooted so far:
1) I made sure all the bolts on the intake, case head, exhaust, etc were tight
2) I took off the carb and looked for any problems - didn't notice any
3) I removed the air-filter (the one thing I had to re-attach after re-mounting the engine), and replaced the spark plug with a new one
After this, bike still acted the same way, so I....
4) Replaced the carb with another NT that I had
5) I replaced the fuel line (was worried the in-line filter was causing it to flood)
The bike took off and flew perfectly like it used to. I got it up to 32 mph, I slowed down, rounded a corner, and then the bike started chugging like it was before. It started doing it all over again, same exact symptoms!! Maxxing out at 20 mph for a minute, then surging, slowing, surging, slowing, and so on until I turn it off. So I believe it's safe to say, it isn't the carb.
What's going on here fellas? Any ideas?
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