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Ok, I got a new acronym for you
I'm going to coin the term CO for current owner, being yourself when you do something stupid.
What I did today was to sync my carbs. The good news is that the sync was WAY off, with #1 being way low and 2-4 being pretty close to each other. So I did the sync, and it was pretty simple. But here is the CO thing, I put the tank on backwards as I was getting ready, but didn't have the fuel lines hooked up yet, and had the petcocks sitting just above the side covers. Now they don't seem to actually leak, but they do drip for a bit after taking the lines off, so you guessed it, dripping gas on my side covers, blistering the paint. So, now I gotta to it all again, which isn't too bad, since I plan on a repaint anyways, but I was planning on doing it in the spring, so I'm just going to live with it the way it is till then, but that is now my stupid CO story.
Of course I have a PO story too, seems some stupid PO put resister plugs in it. With of course the stock resistor caps, which means too much resistance, I was shocked that it ran. I frankly never looked at the number on the plugs, just looked at them when I changed the engine and they looked ok, and I knew I was going to change them at the first oil change anyways. So anyways, I took them out and went to the auto parts store and then noticed the R in the number, of course I made sure to get the stock plugs, and of course checked my caps before installing them (yes they are resister caps, but about 9K instead of 5K so I have to get some new ones). Just changing the plugs (which I did before the sync) made it smoother, and the sync made it really smooth. So, I guess the moral of the story is to always check everything when you buy a bike, even if it's running good when you buy it.
What I did today was to sync my carbs. The good news is that the sync was WAY off, with #1 being way low and 2-4 being pretty close to each other. So I did the sync, and it was pretty simple. But here is the CO thing, I put the tank on backwards as I was getting ready, but didn't have the fuel lines hooked up yet, and had the petcocks sitting just above the side covers. Now they don't seem to actually leak, but they do drip for a bit after taking the lines off, so you guessed it, dripping gas on my side covers, blistering the paint. So, now I gotta to it all again, which isn't too bad, since I plan on a repaint anyways, but I was planning on doing it in the spring, so I'm just going to live with it the way it is till then, but that is now my stupid CO story.
Of course I have a PO story too, seems some stupid PO put resister plugs in it. With of course the stock resistor caps, which means too much resistance, I was shocked that it ran. I frankly never looked at the number on the plugs, just looked at them when I changed the engine and they looked ok, and I knew I was going to change them at the first oil change anyways. So anyways, I took them out and went to the auto parts store and then noticed the R in the number, of course I made sure to get the stock plugs, and of course checked my caps before installing them (yes they are resister caps, but about 9K instead of 5K so I have to get some new ones). Just changing the plugs (which I did before the sync) made it smoother, and the sync made it really smooth. So, I guess the moral of the story is to always check everything when you buy a bike, even if it's running good when you buy it.
In fact it runs great that way. Maybe just replaceing the plugs fixed your problem?
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