Recent content by Awoody

still banging my head against the wall. bike is firing both cylinders on idle then as soon as i touch the throttle I loose it. New carbs, new ignitor unit, new plugs, new coil, valves adjusted to spec. bike is in tip top shape I can not figure whats causing my miss fires.

input on the ignitor unit causing these issues

so I am running back and fourth between the comp and test rides, I got the bike in to fire strong on both cyclinders at high rpms, once the clutch is in or I ease off the throttle I can hear it begin to miss fire and at a stand still it missfires enless I feather the throttle, the carbs have...

I just put on a whole different set of freshly rebuilt carbs that run great on an other bike, carbs, coil, plugs, and valves are def not the issue, I am thinking the only thing it really could be is a bad wire some where or the ignition unit? any impute ?

Like any fun thread its a demon that keeps haunting me. So this bike was a daily rider, took it on plenty of long trips, beat the piss out of it. Started having issues where it would just bog out but once off I could kick her back to life and ride on. This became more and more common, and then...

I made my own but could use a pair that actually are well constructed, and not leaking and have poor bends.

thank you, thats exactly what I needed.

So please refer me to the thread if this is already covered, but I searched and didn't find really what I was looking for. 80xs650 Im Just cleaning up my bike a bit and simplifying some of the controls. I ditch the handle bar controls because my bike has no starter, horn or turns(rest of...