...for coming over to my place this weekend and helping me with my bike. Planedick brought his carb sticks and got my carbs all synched up...definately made a difference in how it runs/responds. It was also very cool just to meet those guys and see their bikes.
Now for the bad news...my bike is still having a mid throttle, rough running problem that is going to drive me insane. After the guys left, I acted on Planedick's suggestion of making sure the centrifugal advance wasn't, as he put it "drier than a popcorn ----". I pulled the advance assembly to get access to the centrifugal assembly, cleaned and lubed it, then went to put the whole thing back together. I figured that while I had it apart, I would do the PUC wire repair even though PO had already done it. The insulation on his job was cracked and brittle, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to replace them anyway, even though I could not get the bike to fail by tugging on them earlier with the engine running. Anyway...got everything soldered/heatshrinked(?) and was going to mount it back in its spot when I noticed that there are some "flat spots" in what would normally be the range of motion that the mechanism would turn when the vacuum advance is operating. I mean, it is a very noticable "click, click, click" in that range only. Would that lend to this problem that I am having with the way it runs? I would assume that this should be a smooth movement to advance/retard the timing smoothly? Please give me some advice on this one...
Now for the bad news...my bike is still having a mid throttle, rough running problem that is going to drive me insane. After the guys left, I acted on Planedick's suggestion of making sure the centrifugal advance wasn't, as he put it "drier than a popcorn ----". I pulled the advance assembly to get access to the centrifugal assembly, cleaned and lubed it, then went to put the whole thing back together. I figured that while I had it apart, I would do the PUC wire repair even though PO had already done it. The insulation on his job was cracked and brittle, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to replace them anyway, even though I could not get the bike to fail by tugging on them earlier with the engine running. Anyway...got everything soldered/heatshrinked(?) and was going to mount it back in its spot when I noticed that there are some "flat spots" in what would normally be the range of motion that the mechanism would turn when the vacuum advance is operating. I mean, it is a very noticable "click, click, click" in that range only. Would that lend to this problem that I am having with the way it runs? I would assume that this should be a smooth movement to advance/retard the timing smoothly? Please give me some advice on this one...
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