Hard starting vs Easy starting

[YellowJacket!]

Lucky should have a nice warm day on tuesday to work on CV since it will be in the stinkin 70's here.

David

[Lucky]

i'm sick as a dog, plus i have to work, doubt i'll be doing anything else...

why do they say "sick as a dog"? my dog never gets sick, plus when she does she's perfectly fine 30 seconds later....

[Walt_M.]

The stinkin' 70s? It was 78 here in Orlando today and I loved it! Last Thursday it was 31 and today was much better. Yay global warming!

[YellowJacket!]

i'm sick as a dog, plus i have to work, doubt i'll be doing anything else...

why do they say "sick as a dog"? my dog never gets sick, plus when she does she's perfectly fine 30 seconds later....

I never understood "Cold as Crap" either.  In my experience, crap is usually pretty warm. :o

Hope you feel better friend.  ;D

David

[Rick G]

Kind of an oxymoron , like cold as hell.  Maybe stated by someone who was more moron,than oxy. ;D ;D

[gph]

Add to the spreadsheet, check float (fuel) level. I don't recall seeing that mentioned in carb rebuild posts.

[h2olawyer]

Add to the spreadsheet, check float (fuel) level. I don't recall seeing that mentioned in carb rebuild posts.

Maybe that's because it is covered well in the carb instructions in the Haynes manual???

H₂O

[acee125]

Any update on this?

[Lucky]

not yet, i've been working on the tail & tank.  i'll work on this when i actually have the bike up & running

[tben]

Bump: Normally my vision starts after 2 turn overs whether warm or cold but I tried to start it today without my front exhaust connected and it took lots of throttle play and about 20 turn overs. My vision also starts better with the Cdnlouie mod on my macs. This leads me to think that back pressure has a big influnce.

[motorcyclezen]

Lucky,

Know very little about the subtleties of the Vision. The best suggestion I saw on the board was to swap out components between the bikes. Electrical and fuel. It's the only way to really know. We used to troubleshoot and repair comm equipment that way when I was in the Marines.

Ed--

[Lucky]

i'm slowly getting closer to being able to try some swapping.  i'm working on body & fuel tank restoration, then it needs tires & investigation as to where the coolant is really going. after it's basicly good to go, i'll probably start with the coils.

wouldn't that suck after this whole thread, it wound up being the first thing i tried, lol!

[bmeyer6472]

Lucky-

You probably know this already, but my experience with hard starting was due to the plug caps.  I swapped everything I could think of and nothing worked. I finally bought two new plug caps and the problem was fixed. My Vision starts almost immediately now, even though the "fast idle" is very slow to come in. Depending on the temperature, between 2 and 4 twists of the throttle, full choke, and it's going. At first the idle is very slow, even at full choke, and it therefore sometimes dies and has to be restarted, but after running for about 10 seconds, the fast idle kicks in and it's off to the races.

But anyway, if you haven't tried it, new plug caps are cheap, and may be effective.

Bob

[Lucky]

they were replaced a couple of years ago & it was the same.  probably just the way mine is, they are all different, lol

[Night Vision]

try some D7EA plugs.....

[Lucky]

actually i put Iradium plugs in at the same time...
if i listen to my Macs, it's a rear cyl issue, coil or idle curcit...