theckeler
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- Feb 1, 2009
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I recently did the top end on my bike (all new... 66mm piston, rings, gaskets, wrist pin, etc), and removed the kickstarter (see *) internals and replaced with one that worked. I've been working on fixing up the electrical (**), starting the bike to test it on a multimeter, must have restarted it about 4 times and on the 5th I tried to start it and it felt off. The slip on the kick was back, not so bad as before, felt like the compression was off and got an odd poooof sound from the muffler. I still haven't been able to start it. I removed the plug, check spark, it's there... put my finger into the plug hole felt compression (have no gauge yet)... put a screwdriver into the hole and felt the piston go up/down no problem. My plan is to get a compression tester and make sure it's good but wondering if anyone would know what's going on. I have another thread going in another forum and got some good feedback but think I need more. Thanks.
Oh and I did other random things as well, new throttle cable, cleaned the carb, power reeds, and cleaned the airbox.
* Kicker slipping, before replaced, I would need to kick slowly and find a particular spot then kick it to start. Took a while to get it going if you needed to kick a few times and once you missed the spot you needed to go back and find it again. I assumed it was the ratchet in the rear was slipping out of place and only had a few good spots, why I removed the whole shaft and replaced it with one that that worked.
** Replaced the harness and added a vol reg. and light on the front since all of it was removed for dual sport stuff that was detroyed.
Oh and I did other random things as well, new throttle cable, cleaned the carb, power reeds, and cleaned the airbox.
* Kicker slipping, before replaced, I would need to kick slowly and find a particular spot then kick it to start. Took a while to get it going if you needed to kick a few times and once you missed the spot you needed to go back and find it again. I assumed it was the ratchet in the rear was slipping out of place and only had a few good spots, why I removed the whole shaft and replaced it with one that that worked.
** Replaced the harness and added a vol reg. and light on the front since all of it was removed for dual sport stuff that was detroyed.