Posted by gus on April 26, 2011, 12:29 am
> Any advice appreciated
Any moron can douche a slide valve carburetor out with an aerosol can
of carb cleaner.
Except for you.
And Bryan Wooten.
Posted by Tim on April 26, 2011, 7:55 am
> As a warm-up exercise before starting my BMW and Dnepr
> projects I decided to build up my Honda XL125 bare frame
> into a useable bike. (Here in BC, under 401 cc is very
> low cost to insure) (and gas prices are rising).
> I have several Honda donor bikes (purchased without reg papers)
> a '79 XL175 and an '87 XL185. Today I tried to get the 185 running.
> No go. It seems to have good compression (from trying to kick
> start it). Note: trying to kick start a 4-stroke thumper
> with a thin metal starter pedal while wearing cheap Wal-mart
> thin soled slip-on sneakers can be a pain in the foot.
> There is some spark, even if it looks slightly on the weak side.
> Ignition is CDI. Electrical system is 6v.
> However, the bike sat outside for at least a year with gas
> in the tank & carb. There was some yellowish goo in the bowl
> that was, once upon a time, gasoline.
> There was not even an anemic frack. I had a can of ether with me
> but have been advised not to use it. Well the carb is the most
> obvious culprit. Jets full of varnish I should think. What's
> the best approach to take without gumming it up even worse?
> Any advice appreciated
> SQ
You might try checking for spark.
If you have spark, you might try draining tank, the float bowl and
fuel lines of the old fuel, adding some fresh fuel.
If you have spark and fresh fuel, and it still won't start, you might
try pulling the idle jet (and what the heck, pull the main jet while
you're at it) and soaking it (them) overnight in carb cleaner and
reinstalling it (them).
Posted by gus on April 26, 2011, 9:52 am
> What's the use of all this fuss?
> ps. Even morons have a place on Reeky. This has been amply demonstrated.
Boys are often ruined for life by their parents, usually their father,
who is either ineffectual (as in Neil Murray's case) or tyrannical,
like Colonel Wooten.
At some point in your life, your Dad never taught you how to start a
lawn mower,or clean a clogged carburetor in the spring so motorcycles
completely baffle you.
Have you ever considered buying an electric motorcycle that you can
just plug into the wall socket and wait for the battery to charge?
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