TeeCat
One-Mik Wonder
Hi, guys...
Question for you:
My bike has come to have me know her as a bike that starts almost infallibly on the first or second "hot" (kill/key on) kick... even after several weeks of sitting. Today, however, when I went to take her for a little spin before the rain moves in, it must have taken 8 to 10 hot kicks, choke on, of course, for her to light off. This is very unusual for her.
My first thought was that the coil that I had just replaced back in the late winter had shit the bed, but with the other coil that failed, no amount of kicking would fire the bike. Today, though, once she fired, she came right off the choke normally, and everything thereafter was as if nothing had happened. I rode her up to about 100C before bringing her home, shutting off, and letting her sit for a few minutes. Then I hit the decompression lever while she was still warm... she lit right off. The voltmeter (on the bar) says the charging system is operating normally.
So, what do you think? Booger or little no-see-'em in the pilot (single carb conversion)? That's what I'm thinking. Or maybe I had somehow nearly emptied the bowl the last time I brought her home (I sometimes do that intentionally) and maybe the carb was not primed enough to light her off at first. Weird.
Anyway, I'll try again tomorrow if it's not raining. If she lights right off, then I suppose it was just one of those little things...
Cheers!
TC
Question for you:
My bike has come to have me know her as a bike that starts almost infallibly on the first or second "hot" (kill/key on) kick... even after several weeks of sitting. Today, however, when I went to take her for a little spin before the rain moves in, it must have taken 8 to 10 hot kicks, choke on, of course, for her to light off. This is very unusual for her.
My first thought was that the coil that I had just replaced back in the late winter had shit the bed, but with the other coil that failed, no amount of kicking would fire the bike. Today, though, once she fired, she came right off the choke normally, and everything thereafter was as if nothing had happened. I rode her up to about 100C before bringing her home, shutting off, and letting her sit for a few minutes. Then I hit the decompression lever while she was still warm... she lit right off. The voltmeter (on the bar) says the charging system is operating normally.
So, what do you think? Booger or little no-see-'em in the pilot (single carb conversion)? That's what I'm thinking. Or maybe I had somehow nearly emptied the bowl the last time I brought her home (I sometimes do that intentionally) and maybe the carb was not primed enough to light her off at first. Weird.
Anyway, I'll try again tomorrow if it's not raining. If she lights right off, then I suppose it was just one of those little things...
Cheers!
TC