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yo, don't you all start bitching about this post at once.
anyone have experience with motorcycles? this is my bike, a 65 ct2oo (trail9o) i rode it last summer a bit. then the rain came and some water got into the alternator housing (gasket leaked) it's got some spark but will not start. not even compression starting works. any of you cats know a thing or two and are willing trade some knowledge for beer or something?
i forgot to add, parts are fucking nowhere to be found, this shit is vintage. so thats makes everything a bit more difficult.
tangent, wtf, this is america! i went to a honda dealer on pike. they said they will not even touch it, not even a tune up. for parts they said check ebay. i was watching discovery channel and there are 1,000's of these things all over asia, how the hell do they keep them running if there are no parts. anyways...
SeditiousCanary
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:16 am
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Is it a bad:
Battery?
Alternator?
Could be based off what you said. I take it it still has good compression and it's smooth as best you can tell?
sekai
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:25 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 1466Location: on the lake
SeditiousCanary wrote:
Is it a bad:
Battery?
Alternator?
Could be based off what you said. I take it it still has good compression and it's smooth as best you can tell?
tha battery could use a chrage, but should it start with the kicker even with a dead batt? testing the alernator with out it running, how would i do that? i'll google it too.
funny story: the day i got it running i drove the fucker everywhere. ended up downtown at the owl. i left and it died so i pushed a couple blocks, then i got it started and rode for a few blocks, then pushed again. after pushing/riding to home east side of capital hill i found out i had just ran out of gas and needed to flip the switch to reserve. oops.
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sekai
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:32 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 1466Location: on the lake
dennyt wrote:
Got gas in it
yes. some of the new fancy $3/gallon stuff.
mike.hahn
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:49 pm
Joined: 20 Jan 2006Posts: 203
I have a 70s Honda dirt bike that took awhile to get running.
If you've got spark, check fuel. Is the the gas is actually getting to and through the carb? Some of these bikes have an inline shutoff valve on the fuel line. If you've got one, make sure it's pointed vertically. Next is the fuel filter... if there's one inline, just replace it with a generic one. A carb rebuild might also be in order. If they sit for awhile, the gas starts to evoporate and gum everything up. At the very least, pull the carb off and soak it in carb cleaner for a few hours.
Also, spark is only half the ignition battle... the timing needs to be spot on for ignition to happen at the right point in the piston stroke. For that, you might need the help of someone who knows what they're doing :)
Yes, I'm a recovering gearhead. In spite of my bike love, I'll always keep a motorbike and a hotrod around to wrench on.
sekai
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:01 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 1466Location: on the lake
mike.hahn wrote:
I have a 70s Honda dirt bike that took awhile to get running.
If you've got spark, check fuel. Is the the gas is actually getting to and through the carb? Some of these bikes have an inline shutoff valve on the fuel line. If you've got one, make sure it's pointed vertically. Next is the fuel filter... if there's one inline, just replace it with a generic one. A carb rebuild might also be in order. If they sit for awhile, the gas starts to evoporate and gum everything up. At the very least, pull the carb off and soak it in carb cleaner for a few hours.
Also, spark is only half the ignition battle... the timing needs to be spot on for ignition to happen at the right point in the piston stroke. For that, you might need the help of someone who knows what they're doing :)
Yes, I'm a recovering gearhead. In spite of my bike love, I'll always keep a motorbike and a hotrod around to wrench on.
all good stuff, thanks. i rebuilt the carb last summer when i got it, fuel filter is new as is the battery and coil. the area in the case behind the points filled with water. there is less then 1/2 inch on adjustment for the timing, but its very probable that that is where my problem is coming from. i've taken the points out a few times. i'll play with it this week.
mike.hahn
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:08 pm
Joined: 20 Jan 2006Posts: 203
Points could just be dirty, too. Try pulling a thin piece of cardboard through, and if it comes out dirty you can pull it through a few more times to clean (or preferably replace).
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