Re: After the rebuild

Posted by dave Esch on Aug 15, 2012; 9:19pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/After-the-rebuild-tp4026982p4027176.html

Today on my way home for work I peeled my helmet off... accelerating. I don't know what happened, maybe the sea foam is working, but the second half of the ride home was a real ball buster. No hesitation. No sputtering. I checked and double checked the timing before I put it together because I was uncomfortable with it. The manual states to line the contact breaker plate line up using the line over the letter "T". In the manual the line is to the right of the T. On my bike, the line is to the left of the T. So I wasn't sure which line to use and this caused me to doubt my timing set up. Now I know by experience with CARS, being off even just one tooth will allow the car to run but very poorly since complete combustion is impossible. However, the bike was accelerating fine and idling fine as long as I didn't give it a lot of throttle all at once. This afternoon I was really putting the hammer down and it seemed great. The only running issue I had was the backfiring at idle. I have a four into one drag pipe with no baffles. The popping I am used to on deceleration, but it never did it at idle. I am idling a little high because I have to adjust my new cables still. But it still seemed odd to me. I did a lot of work to this and want to get it running as best I can, so there are still some this and that's to see to.