Recent content by MadRat 88

Perfect! Thanks for the insight Leo!

I have adjusted the cam chain on my 80 and and 81 motors, I am now doing the same on a 79 that's in my garage. I took off the acorn nut, and I thought it looked odd. A quick watch of littlebill's adjustment video and I was right. This motor does not have the nut inside of the acorn. Are there...

Bypassed the switch and lit it up. Thanks Fellas!

I haven't disconnected the switch, but I'm getting 12 volts. I'll take it out after work and see what I get. Just ran out of time today before I could get to that point. Worked yesterday, and today nothing.

I have an 80' XS, Pamco igniton and PMA. Very simple wiring. I came home last night and had to relocate my tail light, long night of work so I forgot to disconnect the battery before detaching the brake light. I have continuity through all my wires, and the inline 10 amp fuse is still intact...

Just sent you PM.

Oh, scabber I'm running open pipes with a 45 pilot and 142.5 mains. I've heard most people with a similar set up are running 145 mains. I'll just keep adjusting until I find my rigs happy place!

Thanks for the response guys, actually I started another thread about the compression and didn't come back to this one. I picked up another guage from a buddy and that one tested 150 psi on both sides cold, with the throttle wide open. The real problem was in the oil bag where I have my...

I found and isolated the issue I have been chasing. Found bare wires inside the oil bag bouncing off the inside of it making sparks. I was actually going into the oil bag where all the wiring and reg/rec are hidden and wires starting throwing sparks when I was taking off the cover. I...

4-5 ohms on primary, multimeter only has one setting for ohms with an adjust knob. I have an XS performance ignition new out of the box with 5ohm resistor caps, 7mm silicon wires. Plugs are new as well.

I got another compression gauge to try and see if it reads different. Tried 2nd gauge and have 150 on both sides cold. So much for restore. I also went back to ohm the new coil, I have 5 on the primary and secondary doesn't move the needle. I can get 5 through the plug wires but nothing through...

Yep, I have it wide open. I put some oil in each cylindar after I warmed it up. Both sides went from 100 up to 108-110. So that's telling me it's the valves? I know I had them adjusted to specs, guess I need to check the seats or if I have a bent one?

I just got the tester this morning, I'm gonna try the oil and see what happens. Yes, we all need QT in the winter, but I need to be riding until then... have an 80' or up motor with good compression:)

I just did a compression test on my 81', been throwing parts at it for weeks with no results and the same outcome... no top end. The compression is at 100psi on both sides, warm and cold. I would guess poor compression affects top end performance??? Any suggestions where to start next? links...

Compression test reads 100psi on both sides, cold and warm. If nothing else I think at least now I have a clue.