Riders Of Vision

After 5 hours of problems today, I finally got her running :) I replaced the starter clutch and then had to do some re-wireing so she could get a spark, but she is running strong now!!!! the youtube clip is from the first minute that i ever heard her run. I've never been happier :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T66B5109Jmo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T66B5109Jmo)

(I understand shes idling a bit slow here, but i got her idling at 1,300 now)

RIGHT ON!!!!!!

 8) Superb and congratulations...I know that feeling well ;)

               

That idle is music to my ears, it sounds like the idle on a rotary or a lumpy v8 :P bub bub bub bub bububububub bub bub bububub bub bub bub bububub,

Congrats !  It is such a sweet feeling

Oh you bet it is. Now I just gotta get her insured and i'll finally be a "Rider of Vision"!!!

I have one problem though. When I let it idle and then after a few minutes give it a twist of the throttle, it will come back thru the rpm's really slow. Like I'll gas it to 3,000 and it'll kinda stick around there for like 30 seconds. I checked to make sure the throttle wasn't sticking. Any ideas?

Leaking YICS.  block off the ports & try again. if better, reseal the YICS
--Lucky

*Edit for stupid question*

I got it insured and registered today and went on my first real ride. All was well until ti started surging. It felt like that rear cylinder was running as normal, but the front couldn't decide whether or not it wanted to run. It just kept surging and slowing down.

was it leaking any gas?

David

Not that I noticed.

It's mainly bogging. Not really surging that much.

Congrats on your first ride, did you block off the YICS yet?

I looked into it and it seems that that everything that would go the yics is already blocked off.

Floats being that far off is unusual, i'd be more likely to suspect carb synq & pilot adjustment..

Well, I have replaced the fuel filter so that the fuel line doesn't kink anymore, and I have switched to premium gas and ran a bottle of fuel system cleaner thru it, and have pretty much gotten rid of the bogging problem. It still boggs a little around 3,000 rpm but I suspect a complete carb cleaning will fix that. I went and rode it tonight for about 5 mins, but that was enough to realize how terrible the headlight is. I know most bikes don't have fantastic headlight, but this was worse than most aftermarket foglights i've seen.  I believe I have found some  LED running lights that would work nicely and dont take too much power :)

Quote from: TixonPB on September 06, 2009, 09:19:52 PM
I went and rode it tonight for about 5 Min's, but that was enough to realize how terrible the headlight is. I know most bikes don't have fantastic headlight, but this was worse than most aftermarket foglights I've seen. 

:) Check to see if you have the original type headlight bulb installed...its a miniature version of a household type of bulb...and as useless as tits on a bull!!! ::) You can change up to a halogen bulb...I run with a 55/100w, (legal here on the low beam and a huge difference on high beam on a night run ;)).

               

It's very likely that its the original since the bike doesn't have many miles...I'll have to check in the morning.

BTW, it just so happens that i've done some reading and found what I had fixed to get my bike started. when we tried to start it with the new starter clutch, we were getting no spark. Well I hadn't read that the yellow and black wire in the top plug of the TCI was the rev limiter cable, and it was cut on mine, so I reconnected it and it gave me spark and now the bike runs. What would cause that?

Well poopoo ska-do. My bikes charging system decided to fail while riding today...30 minutes from home. I lost all power and am stranded waiting for a ride so I can get my truck. I'm typing this from my iPhone in a parking lot.

hmm, that's why an onboard volt meter is handy.

must not have been charging for awhile.... you can go at least 100 miles on a fully charged battery (with minimum starter and turn signal usage)

having an onboard meter would have provided enough warning to decide if you needed to ski-daddle home.

I had a stator failure begin about 50 miles into an epic 300 mile ride with my son and brother... told the guys I wasn't sure how far she'd make it, but I wasn't going to abandon the ride (since I had two "chargers" riding with me.)

by the time I was "almost" home, I needed to maintain 75 mph to get some charging action.
without a meter, I would not have been aware of the situation.

get a stator... get a meter  ;)