Everyone, thanks for all the ideas and replies. For me, unfortunately, it's a small restaurant so no HR. The building is owned by another person...
Hello everyone! I have a bit of an odd question. I would like to ride to work, but we require parking permits. Now, it's not one of those...
Welcome to the site! Where about in Washington are you? I'm coming from the Seattle area. Here's a little motivation for you - I have a 1982...
Zap! Wow, an amazing amount of information!! Thank you very much for this. I'm not sure if my situation fits into this, but I can definitely use...
Hello Everyone!!! So it's been quite a while since I posted. A month and a half, too long. In that time I've been able to get the bike...
Zap - from what I can tell it misses like sputtering so it kind of pulses. I haven't check valve clearance yet, plugs look like a sooty black. Too...
Everyone, thanks for the warnings and advice. I completely disassembled the carbs, broke the rack apart, went through everything with a fine,...
zap - Thanks for the advice. I decided to go with boiling the carbs since I could do it inside without "fuming" everyone out of the house...
ok, so an update. I rechecked timing (make sure the auto-adjuster wasn't slipping), tried starting again. Nothing yet. Tried a little shot of...
Adrain - I've tried choke at various points (full, 1/2, 1/4, off). No luck. :(
Fitz - I'll try the brand new plugs and new fuel tonight and post the results. Waldo - sorry, didn't get your pm.
Waldo - thank you very much for your help. I checked the spark by grounding the plug on the engine. It definitely seems like the starter is...
@waldo - checked compression, 142-143 both cylinders. Haven't checked valve clearance since compression check was good, at this point looks like I...
ok, so removed and completely cleaned carbs. Replaced all o-rings, gaskets, etc. Bench synced, checked and corrected float levels, pilot screws...
