Well.. moving along to #6..
#8 worked great for the most part but the cold start and performance became an issue.
Since I've had this bike, it will spin over no more than 5 or 6 times before it either pops or starts now matter how long it has been sitting, but not anymore. Last week, it was only in the 50's and I had a bit of a time starting up cold. I never spin the engine for more than 10 seconds at a time.. (10 secs on, 30 secs off) and was on near the end of my second go round before it popped off... hmmmm says I.
Yesterday afternoon I again had some difficulty getting it started when I pulled it out of the shed. Again it had to spin over many times before finally firing up so I thought this morning would be better as I had run it yesterday but that was not so. Granted , it was a bit chilly but I have ridden that bike in much colder temps and never had an issue.
It spun through 2, 10 sec. cycles without so much as a pop.. while on my 30 second break on the second go round, I detected the smell of raw fuel so I pushed in the choke at which time it tried to fire up but it took me several more attempts to get it running enough so I could slowly engage the choke to get her to smooth out.
Stumbles galore for the first 5 miles everytime I would roll on power till I finally got out on the open road. I had to stop a couple of times to warm my hands on the jugs but left it running both times. At the second stop however, it stalled as I attempted to pull back into the road and started back with some difficulty.
At my rest stop at 76/60, I let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes as I warmed up a bit and again it had to spin for some time before firing up and then stalled immediately afterward. At this point I didn't feel so good about that long lonely trip up 68 to Tellico by myself so i opted for the road back home.
This afternoon Nemo came by and we tweaked some more with the procom.. again, #6 this time, so far so good but we'll see whats what when it gets a bit cooler.
