bpeckm
XS650 Enthusiast
Hey all... my son and I bought an '82 Special almost a year ago, it had'nt run in forever, a pretty-close-to-basket case. Took it all down to the frame, had to split the case and found a coupla bad gears, got it all back together, and FINALLY got it started last week...
Sorted out the carbs pilot jets/mixture etc and had a real run-around with the ignition, swapping plugs, coil leads back and forth, 'cuz it would run well on one cylinder but not the other. Finally got it going well enough to ride up and down the street (funnel and fuel line only, no tank yet!).
BUT, I think I still have an ignition "on one side only" problem.... does the ignition have a 'wasted spark' firing sequence?....i.e. firing at every revolution but only one side is in the compression/spark sequence?
When I first start the bike, one side runs well immediately, but the other side doesn't (it fires intermittently and pops/backfires)... any thoughts??
fwustwating!
Sorted out the carbs pilot jets/mixture etc and had a real run-around with the ignition, swapping plugs, coil leads back and forth, 'cuz it would run well on one cylinder but not the other. Finally got it going well enough to ride up and down the street (funnel and fuel line only, no tank yet!).
BUT, I think I still have an ignition "on one side only" problem.... does the ignition have a 'wasted spark' firing sequence?....i.e. firing at every revolution but only one side is in the compression/spark sequence?
When I first start the bike, one side runs well immediately, but the other side doesn't (it fires intermittently and pops/backfires)... any thoughts??
fwustwating!