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Posted by XR650L_Dave on August 18, 2008, 10:02 am
> Update from what's up with my riding buddy Gabriel and his 90'
> XLX350R.
>
> On last episode, Gabriel geared up for the trail and his bike refused
> to go after leaving his home. It was hard to (kick) start it, but it
> started, failing and backfiring. He left his bike at my house and we
> went riding without him.
>
> We have a friend who owns a car junkyard. There, we can find
> kilometers of wires and connectors, all models, types and colors.
> Gabriel picked up a bag full of wires and went to my home, yesterday.
> The mission was to replace all wiring and doing it properly.
>
> His bike electric design feature a separated pulse coil, on the clutch
> side, while at the magneto side we have four wires: white -> goes to
> voltage regulator and headlight, black -> goes straight to CDI, pink
> and yellow -> goes to regulator/rectifier. When we removed the magneto
> engine cover, we found that the white wire was broken, touching the
> carcass of the engine.
>
> From 9am to 5pm we welded a *lot* of wires, replacing every single
> wire on the bike, including the wire that comes from spark coil to
> spark plug. We also fabricated a kill switch out of a air conditioning
> "turbo" switch to replace the old corroded yam DT200 electric switches
> on the handlebar. We did a very good looking job, with those plastic
> tubes that are similar to what the manufacturer uses to group/isolate
> the wires. Lots of hot melt glue too.
>
> Lots of kicks after, and bike still refused to start. It had spark,
> but it wasn't starting. Then, the carburetor started leaking through
> the overflow hose. Ouch! Tapping the carburetor with the handle of a
> screwdriver solved that, but bike still did not start.
>
> I took a rope, tied on my bike and on his, and tried a hi-speed bump
> start and it fired right up! With lots of power, without a single
> hesitation! After that, it started second or third kick. The
> carburetor "feels" dirty tho, idle was somewhat irregular, but this
> bike (that has a carburetor from another bike model) never was a first
> kick start bike...
>
> anyway, I have only one thing to say: woooooohoooooo!!!!
>
> that's soooooo good. Another riding buddy with a ready to ride
> machine.
>
> now, let's plan for a ride. Sunday? "well, I am a little tight on
> money" said Gabriel, but let's wait until he rides his bike around
> neighborhood for a week, then, ask again. Perhaps he has some greens
> hidden under his sleeves :-) After all, all he needs is gasoline and
> that is not too expensive... $15 USD is enough, I think...
>
> -- Tiago
There's nothing like when your ride starts running right again.
Dave
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