It was advertised on Craigslist as having BRAND NEW TIRES and NEW chain and sprockets..he had ridden it last year...??? also had electrical problems AND a "bad starter mechanism" I called and he said the starter just "whirred" like it was a bad bendix... hmmmmm...He admitted that he wasn't at all mechanical in nature hehehhe...
I finally made time to go see it after waiting him out 2 weeks.
He had a new battery with a smallish battery charger on it and indeed the starter just spun Quietly. hmmm
Also no headlite , tail light, NOTHING lit up except the hi beam indicator... hmmmm. nada.
I dragged it home, and immediately found a new battery installed, with NO WATER..dry as a bone and I mean DRY. the plates were all warped and it was like he had charged the heck out of it that way.
He had never put water in it..
I bought a new battery, installed it and pressed the starter button and it cranked normally, then it actually STARTED UP and idled great!!!!
Charging voltage showed 14.3 volts at idle.. and revved it was 14.6!!! Previously I was thinking it boiled out the water BUT
I actually think he never put acid in the battery????
Moving on, I found one fuse blown and when I put a new one in, EVERYTHING WORKED ..except when using the rh turns, it instantly blew the fuse when using the Right...
the turn signals are not stock, and I found a botched wire on the right rear signal.
Everything now works..
the headlite was blown, I suspect he had it running with a dry battery long enough to pop the headlight??? no battery/no buffer for the voltage.. I had a spare in the shop and PRESTO LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!
Bike runs and takes the gas, but after 1/2 throttle it's pretty sick...carbs are coming off for a look but they do look virgin!!
The air filter is butchered and flopping around, maybe it is drawing too much air..I'll fix that first.
Thanks to BIG RICH, I see how the filter is sposed to work and that's where I am!!
Gotta love craigslist..I can't wait to see how this thing goes!!! so far it's like the best handling smoothest one ever.. and seating position, handlebars etc are GREAT!!!!!!
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