Hi Everyone,
I'm a newbie who just accquired a 1979 XS1100 from a friend of mine. The bike hasn't been started in maybe 10 years. I have done the whole restoration bit (cleaned carbs, worked on wiring problems). Just wanting to get it started first before I work on anything else. I finally got it running a few nights ago but only for about 2 mins. Every thing sounded alright then it just died. Tryed to restart but just got back fire from the airbox and small flames coming from the vaccum lines. Check cam timing, that was good. But I noticed that the timing plate is no-where near the (T) or even (F) marks. It's like its about 90 degrees from the pointer. The No. 1 piston is on TDCC but it just seems like the timing plate is out of spec possibly along with the ignition timing. I just can't see how this could be that out of whack. Has any body else dealt with this?
I'm a newbie who just accquired a 1979 XS1100 from a friend of mine. The bike hasn't been started in maybe 10 years. I have done the whole restoration bit (cleaned carbs, worked on wiring problems). Just wanting to get it started first before I work on anything else. I finally got it running a few nights ago but only for about 2 mins. Every thing sounded alright then it just died. Tryed to restart but just got back fire from the airbox and small flames coming from the vaccum lines. Check cam timing, that was good. But I noticed that the timing plate is no-where near the (T) or even (F) marks. It's like its about 90 degrees from the pointer. The No. 1 piston is on TDCC but it just seems like the timing plate is out of spec possibly along with the ignition timing. I just can't see how this could be that out of whack. Has any body else dealt with this?
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