Re: Back firing

Posted by Andyt59 on Sep 04, 2010; 12:43am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Back-firing-tp1270157p1415641.html

Man do I feel STUPID!!! I fought and fought and have run the battery down 2 times trying to get this thing started.

So today I thought I would mess with it for the first time since the first of LAST WEEK. I put the mixture screws back where I knew the bike ran before, 3 full turns out. Seemed like allot but, what the heck, right? I cranked and cranked on it and thought, this thing just catches and stalls, catches and stalls. I grabbed my little old gas can and dumped about half a gallon in it. Funny thing, IT STARTED!!!! At that I promptly ran the mixture screws back to 1 1/2 turns out from lightly seated. It's still back firing and comes back to idle really slow and often hangs up right around 3000RPM. If I wiggle the idle set knob, it will come on down to 1100RPM.

I'm trying to get it into the shop this next week to get it set once and for all. I think the biggest issue with this bike is all in the carburetion. It's got 3 too many carbs!!!

-Andy