ok, heres the breakdown - 1983 heritage, kick only, changed to K&N pod filters, canadian jets and needles, Pamco ignition with ultimate high output coil, and hughes PMA.
so i changed to K&N pod filters, and in doing so went to replace the jets and needles with the canadian ones sold by 650direct, only to find that they where already installed. ( actually only checked the needle in one side because the little brass screws holding down the cover where near impossibleto get out, anyone got a way to get those little bastards out of there?) . Cleaned everything up, checked the diaghrams etc..
then went ahead and installed the pamco, ran great off the stock alternator, ( i checked and adjusted the timing at this time as well) swapped the alternator out to hughes PMA, that charged a seperate battery at 14.5, put the two together on the same battery and checked the timing again just for kicks. started after three or four kicks. took it out for its first ride after the changes and..... issues-- the bike is reaching higher rpms, but its not transfering to the rear wheel. The engine is reving up, but the bike is not accelerating. so then i shut it down, to think for a minute, and decided thinking hurt and maybe it was a one time thing, but when i went to kick it again, it was near impossible to get a compression stroke, felt like i was kicking through water? I let it sit a minute or two then on one little kick it fired right up? So i decided to go through the usual again - cam chain, valve clearence, and timing. i kicked it a couple times, it fired right up, then i swapped out the battery for a sparx capacitor which was the original plan. Kicked it again and it fired right up, got rolling down the road- and same issue - high idle, no acceleration? but it does strangely not do it so bad down hill, maybe only when its got to pull a little? then after shutting it down again thinking i would adjust the pamco, same thing - like zero commpression, kicked my bag off! then waited ten minutes walked out and i barely even breathed on the kicker and it fired up! I have done a half dozen of these bikes the same way and never had this issue, anyone got any ideas? thanks
so i changed to K&N pod filters, and in doing so went to replace the jets and needles with the canadian ones sold by 650direct, only to find that they where already installed. ( actually only checked the needle in one side because the little brass screws holding down the cover where near impossibleto get out, anyone got a way to get those little bastards out of there?) . Cleaned everything up, checked the diaghrams etc..
then went ahead and installed the pamco, ran great off the stock alternator, ( i checked and adjusted the timing at this time as well) swapped the alternator out to hughes PMA, that charged a seperate battery at 14.5, put the two together on the same battery and checked the timing again just for kicks. started after three or four kicks. took it out for its first ride after the changes and..... issues-- the bike is reaching higher rpms, but its not transfering to the rear wheel. The engine is reving up, but the bike is not accelerating. so then i shut it down, to think for a minute, and decided thinking hurt and maybe it was a one time thing, but when i went to kick it again, it was near impossible to get a compression stroke, felt like i was kicking through water? I let it sit a minute or two then on one little kick it fired right up? So i decided to go through the usual again - cam chain, valve clearence, and timing. i kicked it a couple times, it fired right up, then i swapped out the battery for a sparx capacitor which was the original plan. Kicked it again and it fired right up, got rolling down the road- and same issue - high idle, no acceleration? but it does strangely not do it so bad down hill, maybe only when its got to pull a little? then after shutting it down again thinking i would adjust the pamco, same thing - like zero commpression, kicked my bag off! then waited ten minutes walked out and i barely even breathed on the kicker and it fired up! I have done a half dozen of these bikes the same way and never had this issue, anyone got any ideas? thanks