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I bought the bike from a woman who was the only owner. It had 17,000 miles on it. When I took it for a test ride it had a missfire to it and didn't run the best. Felt like it just needed some plugs and wires. She said it had been stored with stabile in the fuel so it may have fouled out the plugs from it. I accepted her theory. I bought it and took it home. I changed the plugs, wires and ends,it did run better, but not perfect. It has slight missfire to it. I pulled the carbs off of it twice, the first time I pulled them apart and checked them all out and found they were perfectly clean. Tho only thing I didn't do was set the idle air jets. The second time I pulled them was to recheck the carbs for dirt and to set the idle air jets. They all were set to 1.25 turns out and the book calls for 2.0 turns out so that is where I put them. I bought a carb sync gauge set a year ago, so I also calibrated the carbs both times. I think the engine should run perfectly smooth but this doesn't, it has a small miss at and idle andit studders and carries on a bit under exceleration between 1800 and 2400 rpm. I can still feel the miss at higher rpm but the speed of the engine covers up the miss a bit. From time to time if I let the bike sit and run for several minutes and then jump on it and take off it runs like a champ. Twice the horse power and smooth as butter but only lasts a few seconds and goes back to the hesitation. I do notice now that if I pull off the number 3 plug wire (this is the most accesable one due to the chrome and fairing) and hold it in my hand anywhere on the wire it shorts out through me to the bike. Meaninig is shocks me or grounds out through me. Please Help
I bought the bike from a woman who was the only owner. It had 17,000 miles on it. When I took it for a test ride it had a missfire to it and didn't run the best. Felt like it just needed some plugs and wires. She said it had been stored with stabile in the fuel so it may have fouled out the plugs from it. I accepted her theory. I bought it and took it home. I changed the plugs, wires and ends,it did run better, but not perfect. It has slight missfire to it. I pulled the carbs off of it twice, the first time I pulled them apart and checked them all out and found they were perfectly clean. Tho only thing I didn't do was set the idle air jets. The second time I pulled them was to recheck the carbs for dirt and to set the idle air jets. They all were set to 1.25 turns out and the book calls for 2.0 turns out so that is where I put them. I bought a carb sync gauge set a year ago, so I also calibrated the carbs both times. I think the engine should run perfectly smooth but this doesn't, it has a small miss at and idle andit studders and carries on a bit under exceleration between 1800 and 2400 rpm. I can still feel the miss at higher rpm but the speed of the engine covers up the miss a bit. From time to time if I let the bike sit and run for several minutes and then jump on it and take off it runs like a champ. Twice the horse power and smooth as butter but only lasts a few seconds and goes back to the hesitation. I do notice now that if I pull off the number 3 plug wire (this is the most accesable one due to the chrome and fairing) and hold it in my hand anywhere on the wire it shorts out through me to the bike. Meaninig is shocks me or grounds out through me. Please Help
