I recently put together my first motorized bike and I am really excited. However, I ran into trouble and I have joined this forum looking for help after finding some very insightful posts here that helped me with my build.
I installed all of the components onto my bike (66 cc flying horse silver angle fire kit and a stealth beach cruiser from bikeberry). I mixed a gallon of gas for the bike using a 16:1 ratio, as advised for the break-in period (have since learned since reading around this forum that that may be too rich). I then made sure the choke was set properly turned on the fuel and she cranked right up on the first try. I rode it around for about 15 minutes kind of getting a feel for it and checking things out. Then my chain popped off and the bike eventually stalled. I walked it home to make some adjustments. I found that a bolt on the chain tensioner was not tight and the wheel slipped down, causing the chain to come off. I got all that taken care of and went back to start it up again.
Well, I guess I never turned off the fuel, cause now it wont start and when I pulled out the spark plug, it was soaking wet. I remove the gas tank, turn the bike upside down and turn the wheel a couple of times to expel any excess fuel from the chamber. I also pat the plug with a cloth and removed the carb (basic carb from bikeberry) to check the pin and the float to make sure it was working (it seemed to be pretty saturated with fuel too, so I let it dry too). So, I slapped it all back together, checked the cdi connections, which had become loose and tried again. Still unable to start. I pulled the plug back out of the bike, removed the tank again, flipped it upside down again, connected the plug to the cap and spun the back tire with the clutch out to check for spark. I could find no spark.
It got late and I called it a night but my guess is that I fouled the plug by getting it soaking wet with gas. However, I am brand new to this motorized bike stuff and really feel kind of clueless. If a new spark plug does not fix it, where does that leave me?
If you made it this far, thanks in advance for taking the time to read through my issue.
I installed all of the components onto my bike (66 cc flying horse silver angle fire kit and a stealth beach cruiser from bikeberry). I mixed a gallon of gas for the bike using a 16:1 ratio, as advised for the break-in period (have since learned since reading around this forum that that may be too rich). I then made sure the choke was set properly turned on the fuel and she cranked right up on the first try. I rode it around for about 15 minutes kind of getting a feel for it and checking things out. Then my chain popped off and the bike eventually stalled. I walked it home to make some adjustments. I found that a bolt on the chain tensioner was not tight and the wheel slipped down, causing the chain to come off. I got all that taken care of and went back to start it up again.
Well, I guess I never turned off the fuel, cause now it wont start and when I pulled out the spark plug, it was soaking wet. I remove the gas tank, turn the bike upside down and turn the wheel a couple of times to expel any excess fuel from the chamber. I also pat the plug with a cloth and removed the carb (basic carb from bikeberry) to check the pin and the float to make sure it was working (it seemed to be pretty saturated with fuel too, so I let it dry too). So, I slapped it all back together, checked the cdi connections, which had become loose and tried again. Still unable to start. I pulled the plug back out of the bike, removed the tank again, flipped it upside down again, connected the plug to the cap and spun the back tire with the clutch out to check for spark. I could find no spark.
It got late and I called it a night but my guess is that I fouled the plug by getting it soaking wet with gas. However, I am brand new to this motorized bike stuff and really feel kind of clueless. If a new spark plug does not fix it, where does that leave me?
If you made it this far, thanks in advance for taking the time to read through my issue.
