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Before someone jumps on me, I have looked and looked and looked some more and not just chop cult but all over the net hoping for some golden nugget but nothing. I am at my whits end! I have tried everything I have found, to no avail. So the bike is a 82 FXS I picked up not running. Tore it apart it has Truett and Osborne Flywheels, S&S rods, 4.5" Stroke, +30 over 3 5/8 big bore just freshly matched to S&S forged pistons, Andrews AB grind cam, Hydraulic lifters, with Andrews adjustable push rods. S&S super E with 28 pilot, 72 main, 2.25 turn out on fuel screw, points (originally), kick only (ya, I know), brand new 8 cell Anti gravity battery and it is wired so the head light isn't on during starting, but the tail light is. The thing is a MF'r to start but when she does start she runs beautifully! The really weird thing is when she does come to life I barely kick it, I am talking about the kicker arm 3/4 the way down and just barely any weight slowly, I hope that makes sense. Obviously It doesn't work all the time or I wouldn't be writing this. If I give her hell, a full kick to get the flywheels spinning she doesn't even pop, fart, or make a sound, nothing, nada! So what I have tried? First I kept reading people arguing between points and electronic ignition. I had points because there seemed to be more people saying they were better for kick starting, I adjusted the air gap and timed it probably 10 times, no change. I tried retarding it and advancing it as well still nothing. The other half of the crowd, the electronic ignition crowd, swore by the Dyna S, so I dropped some dough and bought the kit with the electronic ignition coil. No better and I even tried advancing it and retarding it as well. When I timed it with a light, running, she goes straight to the full advance mark at 2k rpm with a light and I used a dial back light to check the idle timing marks and both are spot on. I checked continuity of all the wires on the ignition circuit looking for any breaks or opens and there are none that I can find. I have looked for intermittent spark with spark tester and cannot seem to find anything. I tried 2 new sets of plugs all gaped to 38. I kind assumed it wasn't the ignition after trying to time it so many times with two completely different ignitions and sets of plugs. I then went to the carb I started with a 29.5 pilot and a 72 main then went to a 31 pilot and no better. I then went to a 28 pilot and a 72 main and it was no better. I adjusted the fuel mixture screw accordingly every time. I tried 1 squirt then kick, 2 squirts then kick, 3 squirts then kick, then 1 prime kick, then 2 prime kicks, then 3 prime kicks, and then every possible combination of the squirts, prime kicks, with choke off and on at different positions, and nothing. I did a compression check and it is about 106 psi both front and rear leak down is less than 1% with the fresh jugs and pistons. I tore open the cam to check timing and it is spot on. I have adjusted the push rods a half dozen times and now need new o-rings as the front exhaust is leaking from doing it so many times! I am usually pretty good at dialing in my shovel head kickers but this is the first one I have had with the the big bore kit on it. Thoughts ANYONE!
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