Re: New rider needs help with ignition hangup :(
Posted by Chase367 on Oct 07, 2010; 6:11am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/New-rider-needs-help-with-ignition-hangup-tp1572173p1646732.html
Hazaa hazaa! signs of life. After some more tinkering, an evening with the ohm meter, some new plugs (the old ones sparked but apparently not enough any more, despite not being too too old), some gurgling and sputtering, the bike woke up and rumbled to life. Once I got it going it smoked and stank something fierce for a few minuets but I feel that it probably needed to clean itself out. I shut it off for a while and came back a few hours later, It didn't start right away, but the fuel level was a little iffy so I flipped it to reserve and away it went. I still don't think its quite perfectly tuned, it has a bit of a whirr to it and every 5-10 seconds it "coughs" or sputters once but doesn't seem to interrupt the engine function too badly. However it is not smoking any more, which is something it did only out of its left hand exhaust. After a few moments of idling, it did however jump in RPM from about 1000 to 2000 and remain there for a few minuets until I shut it off. Could this be an issue or the engine trying to heat up and shake things back into place after being dormant?