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Hi again. So after hunting down a starter on ebay and waiting for it to arrive (used starter 27.00$ + 25.00 shipping) here is where I'm at. Installed starter, hooked up power,neutral, clutch in, hit the switch and it turned over really well. Ok... Pulled choke out and tried again,and again,and again. No fire. Opened up carb drain to make sure there was fuel in bowl. Yup. Tried a couple more times and got a couple bangs and a couple blow backs through the carb. Removed spark plug to check for spark. While I was turning it over to check spark I noticed a large amount of fuel blowing out of the cylinder. I have good spark btw. So I pulled the carb and brought it into the house for some kitchen table surgery.took off top and bottom, it looked reasonably clean. Cleaned as much as I could with half a can of seafoam (its all I had on hand) and a can of computer air. Put the jets back in and buttoned everything back up. Back out to the shed, reinstalled carb. On prime. Turned it over a couple of times and it coughed. Pulled choke (duh) and it fired and ran for about 5 seconds. Tried again and... Click,click,click... Drained battery!!!! Dang. But im happy that it fired up atleast. So battery is charging and im typing. I'm pretty sure I will have to do a real carb clean but man, I am so happy that thing fired up even though only briefly. While waiting for my starter I was having nightmares thinking I had bought something that was unsalvagable. But i see hope for it now and can't wait to start modding it. Plans are kinda up in the air for it. On one hand it will be my wife's bike and will get painted to match my vstar (silver with lots of chrome). On the other hand, maybe she won't like riding and it can become my bobber that I have wanted forever but never had the heart to strip down my vstar to do it. Anyways, have a great day everyone...
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