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if its cold, forget it

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If you get REAL stumped on doing your valve adjustment, I will be (sort of) in the neighborhood for a few weeks.

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cowboyup3371 said:
I've learned (am learning) the hard way that not listening to the advice given freely when asked for leads to many many more problems that would have been resolved the first time. I just hate to see people continue having issues because they didn't bother to make the effort to try especially knowing the problems could have been resolved sooner had they.
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I think you may have jumped the gun a little on this one. I think he's just taking in advise and does plan to follow it with some help.
 
Steve said:
If you get REAL stumped on doing your valve adjustment, I will be (sort of) in the neighborhood for a few weeks.

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There it is. Flag this fella down as he passes thru your hood! Your mechanic may learn a trick or three as well.
 
wow this ****er is running great

wow this ****er is running great

so i got the carbs all synced and the points cleaned and adjusted. if i didn't go to this guy i would never have known about adjusting them and apparently they were way off. i think the points being out of wack was the bigger problem. so with a bit of tweaking i took it off the lift and got it to 95 in like.. 7 seconds. WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMM! HOLY **** my bike is running better than ever realized it could. (AWWWW YEA!) i will post to see if any of this helpS the cold start issue tomorrow or the next day when i try to start it cold. thanks for the help and ideas everyone. yall rock.
 
Steve said:
If you get REAL stumped on doing your valve adjustment, I will be (sort of) in the neighborhood for a few weeks.

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that would rock man, if your close enough and dont mind showing a greenhorn a thing or two.
 
kb_air said:
so i got the carbs all synced and the points cleaned and adjusted. if i didn't go to this guy i would never have known about adjusting them and apparently they were way off. i think the points being out of wack was the bigger problem. so with a bit of tweaking i took it off the lift and got it to 95 in like.. 7 seconds. WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMM! HOLY **** my bike is running better than ever realized it could. (AWWWW YEA!) i will post to see if any of this helpS the cold start issue tomorrow or the next day when i try to start it cold. thanks for the help and ideas everyone. yall rock.
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It's amazing what a little maintenance will do.:p
 
well the bike cold started 10000x easier, but was still a little bit difficult, still had to choke it and needed to kick it 6-7 times (far... far far less than before). and im tellin you its running amazing. its been a long time coming but we finally did it. my bike runs like it should, sounds like it should, all the electrical (besides electric start- pishposh) works. so im satisfied. i feel accomplished, i have a amazing working piece of history that spanks the pants off of my buddies Harley in any kind of a race any day. on cloud 9 :dancing:
 
cowboyup3371 said:
Still need to do that valve adjustment if you want it perfect.
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kb_air said:
for sure, is my next project.
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He is on my list, we are working out the details.
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My 650 had an ether addiction too, it turned out to be bad spark!
I installed new Spark Plug Wires, new Plug Caps, and did the Coil Mod...WOW!!!
 
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Valve adjustment.
Refresh plug ends by cutting about 1/4 inch off each of them and rescrew the caps back on..dab of dielectric grease on the post in the cap wont hurt either.
Check points..you stated you already did though.
Start and check timing.
Sync the carbs.

I do have to ask if you have replaced the intake manifold orings. Think of things as a daisey chain..cant do one without having an effect on the other. So doing all of them and getting everything within specs keeps the chain equally strong in all the links.
 
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Might as well replace the plug caps if you're going to trim the wires. If you store your bike outside, and don't cover it, you might try covering it so condensation is minimized. especially if you keep your points.
 
chuck hahn said:
In this order....


Valve adjustment.
Refresh plug ends by cutting about 1/4 inch off each of them and rescrew the caps back on..dab of dielectric grease on the post in the cap wont hurt either.
Check points..you stated you already did though.
Start and check timing.
Sync the carbs.

I do have to ask if you have replaced the intake manifold orings. Think of things as a daisey chain..cant do one without having an effect on the other. So doing all of them and getting everything within specs keeps the chain equally strong in all the links.
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thanks, very good advice, i will be sure to remember this next time i have to do this.
 
cableguy said:
Might as well replace the plug caps if you're going to trim the wires. If you store your bike outside, and don't cover it, you might try covering it so condensation is minimized. especially if you keep your points.
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i keep it under a 3-walls-closed in car port, do you think i should still cover it? its a ever other day if not daily rider.
 
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