Okay yall so a few things from today. I got bored and antsy waiting the last 4 hours for jb weld to dry so I pulled out my carbs for a quick inspection. I found my float heights way outta whack and that my float bowl is missing one of the screws. So I now have 1. a leaky petcock (ordered a new one since I have the vacuum one with no vacuum line) and a bowl that leaks. I adjusted my float needles looked fine, but I went ahead and ordered some o rings for good measure. After putting the carbs back on, I setup my light and other goodies and started up the bike.
No change, bike was running rough and not wanting to idle. After the first time it died, I tried to restart it and my battery was below 12 volts, weird I just charged it. So I swapped to a lead acid that is a known good battery, just isnt used, and hooked my agm to the light instead. Starts right up! no black smoke, running better tham before (low bar). Its idle is not exactly smooth, bouncing between 1k-1400. I began to test the charging.
13.9 volts @ 2krpm
I then go to test the timing with my gun at 0 degrees advance and it looks much closer to where its supposed to be, but still a bit retarded. It sits just outside the right line, but advances when throttled.
Im not reaally sure where to go from here. Im about to return my battery for the second time. Maybe jumping the battery with a car (not running) or overcharging this battery caused issue with it? Other than that, I cant really think of a reason it wouldnt want to work. Beyond that, I dont know what to do about the timing still being a bit retarded and the battery charging at 13.8 to 13.9 @2k rpms. It doesnt really break 14.2 at all when running. Not to mention there were a few times that the bike just shut off on my out of nowhere.