Recent content by JTD1989

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I went ahead and ordered the reg/rec. Everything else seems to check out but I am not getting charge at the battery. Is there any way to temporarily bypass/remove the bad reg/rec so I can run and tune the bike since my reg/rec won't be here for a week? I can hook the battery to a trickle...

I went ahead and poked a small hole in the wire insulation on the hot wire coming out of my rec/reg and it has continuity and low resistance 0.2 ohms between it and the positive battery terminal so it should be flowing fine there. It seems like the issue here must be my rec/reg, right?

Just when I thought the electric was figured out... I checked and my new battery is not charging. At idle the voltage is lower than it was reading with the motor off and there is no increase in voltage when I give it gas. Did lots of research and did some troubleshooting. I’m getting 0.5 or 0.6...

My large gauge wires were switched in how they were attached to the posts of the solenoid. I didn't catch this initially because the motor would still turn over and run. But this is why the starter wasn't shutting off. I'm glad I got that figured out. I think my wiring is set now. Just have to...

Oh that’s a good point. So something is causing the low voltage solenoid circuit to stay energized when the key is let go and returns to the ‘run’ position.

I have been working on getting the engine running and getting everything else finished up to make this thing rideable and I noticed when idling that my starter motor is not shutting off once the key is not turned anymore. The starter motor just keeps turning as the engine runs. I figured my...

That’s what I was afraid of. Is there a way to test this before disassembling the clutch? Like pushing on the pushrod with something to see if it’ll budge? Thanks!

Well I got everything back together and fired it up. It started right up first try with the e-start. I let it run for a couple minutes and started easing the choke off and it would instantly start to die until I quickly turned the choke back on. I let it run for 5 minutes and once it started...

Anyone have suggestions for a product to use on areas that have rust forming where there is paint. I have read about a lot of different options, but I am most interested in if anyone has used a rust converter product and then painted over it. Ideally I want to clean off or convert the rust...

Thanks for the heads up! Yes I measured and the custom batt box is just wide enough but more than long enough

I think I'm going to go with this battery: https://www.chromebattery.com/ytx16l-bs-high-performance-power-sports-battery.html 14AH and 230 CCA for $52 delivered

I figured it out. Everything is oiling fine. I needed to prime the oil pump by pouring some oil down the opening at the bottom of the oil feed pipe. It says to do that in the Haines manual. After doing that I kicked it for a minute and saw oil dripping from all the tappets :D

The battery in the bike is toast and won’t charge above 6V with the trickle charger on it all day. I tested the starter motor with the car battery earlier and sparks went flying everywhere but it spun like crazy so I don’t want to do that again and it would be really difficult with the motor...

Great, thank you. I will give the starter motor a spin and provide an update. I can’t imagine an oil passageway is completely blocked. It seems very unlikely the oil pump went out during the rebuild also. It was piling fine before I tore it down, I’m pretty sure. The cam, tappets, valve springs...