Lets start this off by saying I don't need any witty comments about how I should "start by throwing the points in the garbage" shenanigans. I had an electronic ignition and got rid of the thing because it wasn't working. Ignition is gone so there isn't any sense in having that conversation.
So the bike is a kick only 71 FL with new points/coil/plugs and a complete new Shorty Super E carb setup from the o-rings to the air cleaner. I have the carb fairly dialed, it idles nicely. My plugs tend to come out a little on the blacker side of things. But I feel as I'm likely getting a little oil in through my valves. Its not a lot, just a little blue'ish smoke when I fire it up. I'm not smoking out people riding behind me or anything. And I usually have a little oil around the threads at the washer on my plugs when I pull them. Compression test last fall was 100 & 110 psi. Dumped a teaspoon of oil into the cylinders and it didn't make a difference so I'm assuming my rings are alright. That about sums up where I'm at.
So the timing...I have had several people tell me variations on how I should time this thing. I have timed it so that the line was dead center and when I manually advance the cam it is just about to open the points (from the right side). I have had a guy put the line on the right side of the timing hole (1/4'ish) and manually advance the cam to where it juuust opens the points (from the right side). Right now I'm somewhere between the two previous attempts.
So finally to get to the point, my wife always says I take the scenic route. With any and all of the above, the bike is a bit of a prick to start. Enricher on, two prime kicks, ignition on and I almost always get a bit of a rumble but very rarely does it fire. I commence to kick a few times and then turn the ignition off, drop the enricher, hold it wide open and kick through 3 times to clear it out. Then I start the sequence over. Usually I end up just kicking over and over and then it will just grab and fire randomly. Usually totaling 8-12 kicks total before it fires. But once it's warm, it will fire first kick every time. And it runs down the road pretty well. I tend to get a few misses while holding the throttle trying to warm it up. I don't run the enricher to warm it up because I don't wanna foul my plugs. And I get a miss once it a while running down the road. But very few and far between. Any suggestions? Different timing techniques, starting sequences, etc? I'm open to hear what has worked for you.
So the bike is a kick only 71 FL with new points/coil/plugs and a complete new Shorty Super E carb setup from the o-rings to the air cleaner. I have the carb fairly dialed, it idles nicely. My plugs tend to come out a little on the blacker side of things. But I feel as I'm likely getting a little oil in through my valves. Its not a lot, just a little blue'ish smoke when I fire it up. I'm not smoking out people riding behind me or anything. And I usually have a little oil around the threads at the washer on my plugs when I pull them. Compression test last fall was 100 & 110 psi. Dumped a teaspoon of oil into the cylinders and it didn't make a difference so I'm assuming my rings are alright. That about sums up where I'm at.
So the timing...I have had several people tell me variations on how I should time this thing. I have timed it so that the line was dead center and when I manually advance the cam it is just about to open the points (from the right side). I have had a guy put the line on the right side of the timing hole (1/4'ish) and manually advance the cam to where it juuust opens the points (from the right side). Right now I'm somewhere between the two previous attempts.
So finally to get to the point, my wife always says I take the scenic route. With any and all of the above, the bike is a bit of a prick to start. Enricher on, two prime kicks, ignition on and I almost always get a bit of a rumble but very rarely does it fire. I commence to kick a few times and then turn the ignition off, drop the enricher, hold it wide open and kick through 3 times to clear it out. Then I start the sequence over. Usually I end up just kicking over and over and then it will just grab and fire randomly. Usually totaling 8-12 kicks total before it fires. But once it's warm, it will fire first kick every time. And it runs down the road pretty well. I tend to get a few misses while holding the throttle trying to warm it up. I don't run the enricher to warm it up because I don't wanna foul my plugs. And I get a miss once it a while running down the road. But very few and far between. Any suggestions? Different timing techniques, starting sequences, etc? I'm open to hear what has worked for you.
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