DownrangeFuture
Electronic Repair Genius
While I was at it, I changed the spark plugs. Due at 8,000 miles. Oops. Anyway, as I was putting the bike back together I gave her a test fire. I thought to myself, "Man I love that throaty twin sound, its just so... " So I pulled it apart and noticed one of the leads to the coils was off. No biggie, so I put it back on. Fired her up again and she was running rough as heck, popping and missing, etc. So I tore her down again, gave each of the plugs a quarter turn and seated the plug wires firmly again.
Now when I turn it on, it smells like it's running rich, the idle was way low at around 800rpm (which I adjusted), and until it's hot it sounds like it's missing every now and then and it bogs under anything more than a quarter throttle. That's the only part of the ignition system I messed with so it's bound to be in there somewhere. All of the old plugs looked worn, but with nice even tan coats on all of them.
The only thing I can think to do is to pull the plugs and check them and the gaps again. Ideas? I didn't touch the throttle body at all. Just the idler. I didn't change the air filter because it didn't look that bad. But I suppose I could, but it was running like a dream before the plug swap so, I wouldn't think that's the issue. The rest of the service was mostly just repacking bearings and greasing the levers.
Now when I turn it on, it smells like it's running rich, the idle was way low at around 800rpm (which I adjusted), and until it's hot it sounds like it's missing every now and then and it bogs under anything more than a quarter throttle. That's the only part of the ignition system I messed with so it's bound to be in there somewhere. All of the old plugs looked worn, but with nice even tan coats on all of them.
The only thing I can think to do is to pull the plugs and check them and the gaps again. Ideas? I didn't touch the throttle body at all. Just the idler. I didn't change the air filter because it didn't look that bad. But I suppose I could, but it was running like a dream before the plug swap so, I wouldn't think that's the issue. The rest of the service was mostly just repacking bearings and greasing the levers.