74TX
XS650 Member
So, it's probably been asked before, but I'm too dense and not too knowledgeable in the mechanix department to look it up or what to look up.
Anyways, my bike gets tuned up, runs real good, starts quick or with one kick. Then, about 200-400 miles later (never the same intervals) it begins to pop on the right cylinder, gets hard to start and fouls the right side plug and the timing goes off. Then it's a 1 cylinder runner. My standard fix is new plugs and timing adjustment. After 5,000 miles of this I'm beginning to feel like Homer Simpson doing the same thing each time hoping for a different result! Oh yeah, also the right pipe is bluing.
I suppose that everyone will perhaps say get the PAMCO or other brand of electronic ignition. Though I'm willing to make the plunge and probably will, but 700$ +install and getting some of the other stuff I'd like to get is a little heavy on my pocket right now. One of my buddies said try different securing screws on the points. Other people just give me blank stares and say, "That's weird". It also bothers me that my 1st TX650A that I bought in 1978 had 8,500 miles on the clock and when I sold it, it had 24,000 miles and it was only timed twice in that 1.5 year period.
I can live with its periodic fuel leaks and with the fact a 47 year old bike used as a day-to-day commuter and weekend road runner is going to have issues arise, but I just don't feel comfy with taking it anywhere anymore.
Background of the TX650A since last year:
2,556 Miles to start and now at 7,034 miles - Sat for 38 years in a heated garage - Rebuilt carbs - New points and condenser - compression on both cylinders is in the 125 zone.
Anyways, my bike gets tuned up, runs real good, starts quick or with one kick. Then, about 200-400 miles later (never the same intervals) it begins to pop on the right cylinder, gets hard to start and fouls the right side plug and the timing goes off. Then it's a 1 cylinder runner. My standard fix is new plugs and timing adjustment. After 5,000 miles of this I'm beginning to feel like Homer Simpson doing the same thing each time hoping for a different result! Oh yeah, also the right pipe is bluing.
I suppose that everyone will perhaps say get the PAMCO or other brand of electronic ignition. Though I'm willing to make the plunge and probably will, but 700$ +install and getting some of the other stuff I'd like to get is a little heavy on my pocket right now. One of my buddies said try different securing screws on the points. Other people just give me blank stares and say, "That's weird". It also bothers me that my 1st TX650A that I bought in 1978 had 8,500 miles on the clock and when I sold it, it had 24,000 miles and it was only timed twice in that 1.5 year period.
I can live with its periodic fuel leaks and with the fact a 47 year old bike used as a day-to-day commuter and weekend road runner is going to have issues arise, but I just don't feel comfy with taking it anywhere anymore.
Background of the TX650A since last year:
2,556 Miles to start and now at 7,034 miles - Sat for 38 years in a heated garage - Rebuilt carbs - New points and condenser - compression on both cylinders is in the 125 zone.