Recent content by unruhly

You have sold your soul just by agreeing to sell it. This thread is just F-n depressing.

Have you done voltage checks? Could be a weak battery that once you get up above 3k RPM you're getting enough power from the stator to get better spark. Batteries loose a lot of their capacity when it's cold which could be compounding the issue. Make sure you have at least 12.0 Volts when...

+1 on the short to ground. The hard part is finding it. If you don't have one, go pick up a multi-meter. I think you're gonna need one for sure. Harbor Freight, Sears, Radio Shack, etc. So attach the black lead of your meter to the ground terminal of the battery, and with the battery...

Man, that's just crazy. I'm thinking I should start carying all the time now. Sad state we live in.

I have one. The first time I used it, it was all over the place. Unknown to me at the time, I had a vacuum leak which was causing the setup calibration off of carb 2, to be much lower vacuum than when I hooked up to any other carb. After testing the calibration on each of the four ports it...

My thoughts and prayers to you and your family Bill. Stay strong for your wife!!

+1 for RUSH. I'm a huge fan as well. And +5 to Neil Peart being (IMHO) second to none.

You asked for opinions on the carb rebuild. In my opinion - gravity feed is much lower pressure than the fuel pump. So, the supposed flooding problem is likely a little less of an issue and why the bike continues to run = Fuel pump not the problem. So I would check wet bowl levels. It's easy...

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Voltage checks are the next step for you. I'm having the same exact issues on my 'new to me' 07, and have done everything you have except COPs. Best help so far was an AGM battery. I think the lead acid battery had a shorted cell. The voltage readings were all good, but it had no current...

Sorry for your loss. It's always hardest when it's your parents. The hole can never be filled, and I don't mean that in a bad way. There's just nobody else that can love you like your parents did. That being said... Wouldn't they have wanted both of you to have bikes? Easy peasy... One of...

Yeah, what jfeagins said: What voltage do you have 'while' cranking? It's not clear if your 10.7 - 10.8 volts you mention is while cranking, or just after cranking. If it's after cranking, and it's dropped that much with the ingition ON, then I suspect a shorted cell in the battery. It's...

Why Dash, why? :ummm:

My past experiences with working on motorcycles would say 'No, there is no voltage supplied to the pickup coil'. Rather, the pickup coil produces a very small AC voltage pulse each time the magnet passes the coil as the engine turns. This pulse is what activates the spark to the spark plug...

Hello to everyone. Thank you for having me here, and a HUGE thank you to all the members that have contributed to one hell of a forum. I don't know if I'm more impressed with my new Max, or this site. The amount of information available here is awesome! I can't thank you all enough. I...