Having picked up the 96 model with a missing fuel tank and dead battery I picked up a new battery, added acid and charged it up overnight. Held off on buying a tank because I wanted to see how good/bad the motor was.
With the old spark plug in (correct one at least
) we shot some starter fluid and sea foam down the intake/airbox with the air filter removed. Filter wasn't in the best of shape:
Old oil seemed at least level....after a few tries you coudl hear it sputtering....
.... kept cranking....and heard more of a putt...putt.....miss.....putt.....and then it actually fired....for a couple seconds at least!
It sounded like an....older Volkswagen Beetle
out th exhaust!
Decided to see how gunked up the carb was ...
fortunately I didn't actually have to clean it (Thanks Mike!). He also removed his small gas tank from his 125cc pitbike and hooked it up to the carbs once they were cleaned. Float bowl before and after was night and day
Drained the dark brown oil, filled it with some Repsol Semi-Synthetic 10W40.
Bike kept backfiring, figured maybe it was running too lean. Threw the old filter in and seemed to smooth out a bit. We bungeed the gas tank on, kicked the tires and gave it a go.
WHOA this thing has virtually NO stopping power. Note to self: Buy some new pads and bleed the brakes
Went through a few of the gears down the isolated street....wow....quite a bit of pep from this thing. Didn't want to flog it too hard and with usable torque, there really isn't a need to. Shifting seemed just a little rough but it wasn't bad really.
Overall I was impressed! 3 out of 4 signals work, low beam and high beam work, bike pulls pretty strong...even with 80psi compression
maybe it will loosen up with some harder running and sea foam
Tires are dry rotted but hard on the brakes it doesn't even lock up so definatley need a pair of pads first. Everyone was trying to jump on and do burnouts on the bike, I had to keep elbowing them off and away
Glad it runs, now I'll start the hunt for a tank...I'll need to wait for the funds because I'm flat broke (in case the $150 purchase price didn't give it away). Once a new air filter comes in I'll dyno it and scan the charts up.
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