fatbiker
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My newly refurbished clutch master cylinder and Morley Muscle seat came in this last week and I finally was able to take the bike out after a month of sitting in the garage. Great work on the m/c by Sean and his Muscle seat is the best Vmax upgrade of all time!
Got the bike out on the road and ran her at wide open throttle. Felt like she was running on three cylinders and the Vboost was missing. Took her home and blew some carb cleaner down the carbs, checked for spark on all 4 plugs and they were fine. While in neutral I would turn the throttle wide open and it would bog down at 4k and sometimes lower around 2 or 3K. Tried reseating the carbs into the boots (another problem altogether, see post in Carb forum), and all of a sudden the bike ran great. Took her out on the freeway and when I tried to use the turn signals they didn't work. Next thing I know the tach and temp gauges aren't working. All the lights were on including temp, tach, headlight, turn signals and brakes. All of a sudden the throttle isn't responding. If I try to give her gas the engine bogs down and tries to die. It idled fine for a few minutes then eventually died and wouldn't start up. I checked the fuses and two were blown; the signaling system fuse and the ignition fuse. Replaced both .After about 10 minutes of letting her cool down she starts up and runs great except I still don't have working turn signals or tach/temp gauges. After 5 minutes the process started over again. No throttle then eventually dies. Checked fuses again but this time none are blown. I went thru this routine three times before getting her home. I assume there is an electrical problem going on somewhere. Any ideas where to start?
Fatbiker
Got the bike out on the road and ran her at wide open throttle. Felt like she was running on three cylinders and the Vboost was missing. Took her home and blew some carb cleaner down the carbs, checked for spark on all 4 plugs and they were fine. While in neutral I would turn the throttle wide open and it would bog down at 4k and sometimes lower around 2 or 3K. Tried reseating the carbs into the boots (another problem altogether, see post in Carb forum), and all of a sudden the bike ran great. Took her out on the freeway and when I tried to use the turn signals they didn't work. Next thing I know the tach and temp gauges aren't working. All the lights were on including temp, tach, headlight, turn signals and brakes. All of a sudden the throttle isn't responding. If I try to give her gas the engine bogs down and tries to die. It idled fine for a few minutes then eventually died and wouldn't start up. I checked the fuses and two were blown; the signaling system fuse and the ignition fuse. Replaced both .After about 10 minutes of letting her cool down she starts up and runs great except I still don't have working turn signals or tach/temp gauges. After 5 minutes the process started over again. No throttle then eventually dies. Checked fuses again but this time none are blown. I went thru this routine three times before getting her home. I assume there is an electrical problem going on somewhere. Any ideas where to start?
Fatbiker