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Soooo... i lied... The bike idle’d for 10 mins or so after starting it back up a few times... idle was okay sounding. Not perfect but satisfactory for the time being. Rode around for about 2 miles, bike was kinda of rough in general. Not smooth idle/rpm gain in acceleration. Kinda of jumpy and...

well..... that’s embarrassing. Swapped plug sides and second kick! Haha- thank you all so much! Will post some pictures once she’s completely finished.

Like spark plug wires? I don’t believe so, but it’s definitely a possibility: would that make any difference?

Super helpful in understanding what exactly is happening. Thanks!!

@Rasputin okay... thanks! And you think the issue is elsewhere even though it started up after advancing it a bit? Is it worth trying to retard it some as well? It was pretty much fully advanced when it fired up, no room to go farther in that direction.

rasputin, that’s how it’s set- negative is grounded. And black-yellow and black/white are set as they were when bike was running well- so i assume they’re correct

Yes- it’s a Boyer system. I just adjusted the plastic (yellow top plate) 5 degreees clockwise. It started up, ran for about 10 seconds (it didn’t sounded okay at best, but definitely inconsistent idle and some “bumps”- not how it idled preciously) and then it just quit. Now I’m back to the back...

Whoops- here’s the attachment and a few pictures.

Hi all, First of all, I’ve come across a few other similar threads to this, but I have a feeling that the root issue in those cases is different than the one I’m running into, so I decided a separate thread might be good. Apologies if this topic is redundant. Anyway, I’m very new to the...