Help

**Magua** · 15th March 2005, 19:02

A plea for help. My bike will not work, I have another thread in sports bike tweaking. If anyone could possibly take a look at it for me, it would be much appreciated as I have no idea where to go from here and have no way of transporting the bike to a dealership for someone to look at it. ANY help at all appreciated.

**oldfart** · 15th March 2005, 19:12

Well I had look at the thread & unfortunately it seems you are well past the point of looking at what you f*^#ked with last.
Your original statement was that you were having problems after you had charged the battery. Yes?, well does this mean it was running ok before. If it was, did you remove the battery to charge it & if so what did you have to remove etc & reinstall to achieve this. As the others have been referring to, it sounds like the bike is running very rich, ie not enough air is getting to the carbs. If you remove the battery, or were working around this area have you inadvertantly block the air box intake or something similar?

**Magua** · 15th March 2005, 19:19

I didn't not have to remove anything to get at the battery, bar the seat. I've tried running it without the air filter and airbox, didn't help. I've got one more thing to try tommorow before, so ignore this cry for help until I post back here tommorow night, HOPEFULLY with good news.

**oldfart** · 15th March 2005, 19:21

ok, but the question is, did it run ok before you charged the battery

**Magua** · 15th March 2005, 19:31

Originally Posted by oldfart

ok, but the question is, did it run ok before you charged the battery

It hadn't been running for a while as I had the carbs off. Before that it ran.

**Magua** · 15th March 2005, 19:35

Oh by the way, wellcome to the site oldfart.

**inlinefour** · 15th March 2005, 19:40

Originally Posted by Magua

It hadn't been running for a while as I had the carbs off. Before that it ran.

Please explain why you had the carbs off the bike and why you dont think that that could be the source of the problem? Sounds like someone has been playing with a bike that really should have not and now is rather uptight because as a result it does not go. I suggest take it to a dealer, push it if you have to and never play with things you know nothing about again...

**oldfart** · 15th March 2005, 19:44

Well, Honda has a point. The questions would be,
1. what did you do to the carbs
2. why did you pull them off in the 1st place
3. do you know much about carbs etc.

**Magua** · 15th March 2005, 19:50

I took them off, didn't do anything to them. Replaced the seals between the carbs and the cylinders, put the carbs back on. I did this with help from Frankie as I don't know anything mechanical. But I seem to have missed a step, like gasket glue....I know this is in the other thread. Seems I just forgot

feel free to delete this thread until I've done something about the glue.

**oldfart** · 15th March 2005, 19:58

Mate, this all sounds very sad & I don't think your looking at any quick fix. This could be anything of upteen simple things you & your mate got wrong, or it could simply be crap in the carbs from sitting to long, or sticking float pilot valves etc etc.
Do you know anyone who has some mechanical expertise who can look at it for you. If not, you may be best to turn it over to a shop, yeah I know money

**Magua** · 15th March 2005, 20:02

I'll try the gasket glue tommorow, arg can't believe I forgot that even when it was pointed out to me

. If that doesn't work then I'll trailer the bike bike to barry's point when I get the chance.

**Teflon** · 15th March 2005, 20:03

Originally Posted by Honda

Please explain why you had the carbs off the bike and why you dont think that that could be the source of the problem? Sounds like someone has been playing with a bike that really should have not and now is rather uptight because as a result it does not go. I suggest take it to a dealer, push it if you have to and never play with things you know nothing about again...

Good on him for trying to fix his bike, he might not be in a financial position to pay a mechanic, plus this is how you learn.

**inlinefour** · 15th March 2005, 20:12

Originally Posted by Teflon

Good on him for trying to fix his bike, he might not be in a financial position to pay a mechanic, plus this is how you learn.

There is less on them to do and fix and yes they are a good way to learn. But I started working on a single four stroke. Had I started working on inline fours at the age of eigth, then I'm sure poor old Pop would have become very farked off with all the screw ups I made. Gotta crawl before you can learn to walk.