in my head???

[wes]

could this all be in my head? bike started and ran every time i looked at b4 buying. roda great hundred miles or soo... then sputterd and died. maybe its just some slime from6 month old fuel that i stirred up when i put fuel in.maybe this "sea foam" is whats makit sputter and smoke.maybe the smoke is from the 93octane and seafoam combined.maybe i shouldnt be takin anything apart because it did run fine for a while.gotta get a plan to get her home if stranded again.i dont have a trailer, wife couldnt back up to it anyway. mayb ill get some fresh plugs and run with it and all these problems will just dissapear...what about the fuel pump rod? do ineed to adjust somethin....ran fine for a while with no adjustments. maybe because there is 666 in the vin number its been hexed. mayb there is a muffler bearing and im the joke. mayb ive just had too much coffe and not enough sleep.maybe my doctor is right.

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Sounds about right to me
But seriously. I would suspect gunk from old gas. I would also check the points. What probably has happened is the bike sat, for awhile, and the old gas gummed up. Then new gas was put in it, and since the new gas has Ethanol it started to dissolve the old gas, and maybe even eat the old rubber gas lines. Then this gunk went into your carbs after, you started riding it. Old story. happens all the time.
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[wes]

battery lost charge within48hrs of charge. could be part of the problem. charging now. if goes out in next 48 hrs will replace.have not yet looked at points. will read up on them. thanks 4 the advice.

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Do you have a short somewhere draining the battery?
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[wes]

hmma/ a short. i dunno. gonna try fresh plugs 2morrow after work. after a full charge, battery wont get above 11.45 alone, nothin hooked up. a short maybe in there, just cause the battery is soo clean. looks perty new.

[sgtslag]

If the battery, without a load, after fully charging, only puts out 11.45 Volts, it is dead...  The plates are likely sulphated.  A good battery should read 12.7 Volts, at rest.  You can go with another lead-acid, or put an AGM in there.  The AGM's are sealed, no maintenance, work at any position, cost more, but last 5+ years.

There is a brand called Moto-Batt, yellow in color, which has universal posts, is AGM, and can be had for a reasonable price.  Check e-Bay for the seller, based in Florida.  He seems to have the best price, and a wide variety of sizes.  I found an article comparing motorcycle batteries, on the Internet, and this brand won out in the tests, over all the other five, or so, brands the author tested.  When my lead-acid's go, this is what I plan to install.  Cheers!