ScottZX7RR
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- Sep 11, 1999
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This weekend I had a race and there was a creek crossing. Well I was the unlucky fellow that found the chest high deep rut in the creek(shortly after I got stuck Tony closed that part of the course down and routed everyone around that area. The bike stalled due to the rut and fell over. I got it picked up very quickly and out of the water. Let it sit for about 15 minutes(the whole while losing valuable time, grrrrr) then I tipped it over and drained the carb of the fuel in the bowl. To no avail it wouldn't light and I was pulled out of the woods to my truck. Took it to the carwash and cleaned all the mud/muck off of her.
Monday I started the cleaning process. Took the tank off, drained it. Took the carb bowl off and clean it, the bottom was completely full of mud. Clean it out. Pulled the pilot and main out. they looked ok. Pulled the fuel mixture screw(or whatever they are called now) and replaced it with the Kuobo Screw that I got with the bike. Cleaned the airbox and runners out. Changed the oil as it was containmentated with water. It would not fire for the life of me. It would backfire and once in a while burp about 5 seconds. Well it was dark and I was tired so I quite.
Monday it appeared to be too wet(plug), so after doing some research here(because I think that my pilot is too rich to begin with, because of having to use the hotstart to light when riding normally) I turned the fuel metering screw to .5 of a turn. And turned the idle all the way down because I had bumped it up at the race because it was too low. Still no fire. And then the plug looked to be too dry then. So I tore apart the bike again and looked over the carb. One of the passage ways on the airbox side appeared to be clogged(the two down below the ventura) so I shot some carb cleaner down all the passages and intake to clean it all up. Still no fire. Dark again and stopped. Took the carb completely off the bike to clean in the morning.
Well I get the carb cleaned up completely. Take needle, all the jets out, clean all the holes, creaves and areas in the carb up. Put it back on the bike, shot a bit of strater fluid in the bike. And still no fire, a few backfires but nothing. I then check the valve clearances to see if any of those are out. The Intake(left side, near the shifter is .006 gap, and the right side, near the rear brake is .007) appears to be ok per the manual. The Exhaust(left side is .011/0{appears to be on the verge of .010 as the 11 fits extremely tight} and right side is .011) appears to be ok per the manual. I am at a loss of why the bike will not fire. I even put a very small amount of oil(less than a soda cap) in the cylinder to reseal the rings per a Honda Shop here in town.
Has a strong spark with a new spark plug on the bike. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Monday I started the cleaning process. Took the tank off, drained it. Took the carb bowl off and clean it, the bottom was completely full of mud. Clean it out. Pulled the pilot and main out. they looked ok. Pulled the fuel mixture screw(or whatever they are called now) and replaced it with the Kuobo Screw that I got with the bike. Cleaned the airbox and runners out. Changed the oil as it was containmentated with water. It would not fire for the life of me. It would backfire and once in a while burp about 5 seconds. Well it was dark and I was tired so I quite.
Monday it appeared to be too wet(plug), so after doing some research here(because I think that my pilot is too rich to begin with, because of having to use the hotstart to light when riding normally) I turned the fuel metering screw to .5 of a turn. And turned the idle all the way down because I had bumped it up at the race because it was too low. Still no fire. And then the plug looked to be too dry then. So I tore apart the bike again and looked over the carb. One of the passage ways on the airbox side appeared to be clogged(the two down below the ventura) so I shot some carb cleaner down all the passages and intake to clean it all up. Still no fire. Dark again and stopped. Took the carb completely off the bike to clean in the morning.
Well I get the carb cleaned up completely. Take needle, all the jets out, clean all the holes, creaves and areas in the carb up. Put it back on the bike, shot a bit of strater fluid in the bike. And still no fire, a few backfires but nothing. I then check the valve clearances to see if any of those are out. The Intake(left side, near the shifter is .006 gap, and the right side, near the rear brake is .007) appears to be ok per the manual. The Exhaust(left side is .011/0{appears to be on the verge of .010 as the 11 fits extremely tight} and right side is .011) appears to be ok per the manual. I am at a loss of why the bike will not fire. I even put a very small amount of oil(less than a soda cap) in the cylinder to reseal the rings per a Honda Shop here in town.
Has a strong spark with a new spark plug on the bike. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
