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Its set for 1200 rpm from the day I had it running and hasnt been touched since. Nothing really changes much when I twist the throttle a little bit.
 
verified fat blue spark at the plugs? since you had a fire, I'm inclined to believe you may have low voltage to the coils due to a melted wire shorting somewhere.
 
Fluid levels dropped a bit but I'm hearing the clicking sound from the starter relay over everything and its louder than I remember?
 
sounds like the same thing mine was doing yesterday after I had dipped my carbs. I'm new with bikes and rebuilding carbs so take my advice with a grain of salt.... I ended up hooking my battery to a charger while cranking, helped a lot. I knew idle screw wasn't where it should be so I adjusted that a few times. made sure my vacuum hose going from petcock to the carbs was in good shape. also the main thing that helped was re-adjusting my pilot air screws. 3 complete turns out for my gs650. I also had to adjust my throttle cable as well which made a difference too.... gotta be something simple. I almost shot mine last night too but today I'm glad I didn't.
 
I have a hose on my vacuum port plugged with a bolt, air screws are 3 turns out, a little play in the throttle cable but not enough to matter since the idle screw is what matters.
Everything I have done is in the first post, still no luck. I'm gonna top my battery off with distilled water and throw it on the charger again tonight but even so it makes no sense why it ran fine a few days ago.
Even 10 min after the fire the bike turned over no problem but I will check the relay, coils and all wiring. According to my meter I'm getting enough power to the coil.
 
maybe try putting the stock airbox on until you rejet. I know on mine pods without rejet would start, but it wasn't easy and was hard to keep running.(bike was running good before) I know ya said it ran before, but just an idea...
 
The airbox is cut up, its the only way to get it off the 700. If it started the other day without bigger mains, with pods, etc it wouldnt make a difference. I'm beginning to believe it may be an electrical problem. I'll be checking my battery while I crank it and if all is good then moving onto the solenoid. I'm kind of hoping its the battery that way I can ride it.

Anyone have a price on a new starter solenoid or any other ideas?
 
I'll be by to pick up the bike so don't shoot it ok.
Is your ignition any good?
 
chef1366 said:
I'll be by to pick up the bike so don't shoot it ok.
Is your ignition any good?
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It seems to test out good.

Too bad you dont live closer :mad:

More than likely I'm missing something small, I'm following the steps on BikeCliffs website but some of it is hard without pictures.

So far
I've tested the ignition system and my battery without a load.
I plan on testing my starter tomorrow and checking my battery voltage while trying to start the engine.
 
chef1366 said:
I'll be by to pick up the bike so don't shoot it ok.
Is your ignition any good?
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Any ideas after I check the battery in the morning? Maybe I could walk it to your house so you can pin point it in a few seconds, its pretty flat except the grape vine area but I think I can handle the push :-\\\
 
Ranger said:
Any ideas after I check the battery in the morning? Maybe I could walk it to your house so you can pin point it in a few seconds, its pretty flat except the grape vine area but I think I can handle the push :-\\\
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The Grapevine only peaks at 4k feet at Fort Tejon. Good luck.
 
Ranger said:
Plugs are like 3 weeks old...
And yes a bowl full of gas comes out of each one.

I just don't get why it ran a few days ago and now won't. It has to be the carbs right?
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It does sound like a fuel problem but I always, I mean always install new plugs when there's any kind of problem just to be sure. Especially a fuel or jetting problem.
They're like 2 bux(1.69) I'd change em if I were you. BUy extras while you're there and keep em in your toolbox. You'll need em.

My 850 wouldnt even start with no airbox till I re-jetted it.

Keep us posted!!
 
Am I correct that you had a fire, as in the bike was burning? If so how did you extinguish it? Perhaps the residue is causing a problem.
My GS550 would barely run before the rejet, very hard to start. After cranking pull a plug and see if it's wet or dry. If it's dry try taping up the pods to limit the air going thru them. That should help pull the air/fuel thru the carbs.
 
How did you bench-synch the carbs without touching the idle screw?

If you stripped and dipped the carbs, you need to bench synch them and then vacuum synch them once the bike is idling.

You might have throttle slides that are too tight or too out of synch.

When I rebuilt my carbs, I had a few struggles with bench synching and getting the idle screw in a good range.

HTH
 
I extingushed it with a fire exting. and then washed it down with a hose so the wires were all clean. I checked the wires that were exposed and no damage was done to them just the plastic cover which I re wraped. And started the bike back up. The plugs are dry so I will try that.

@ MisterCinders
I did touch the idle screw to bench synch, once the bike started I then adjusted it to 1200 rpm with the choke off and began to adjust my air screws, this is when the fire happend.
 
Ranger said:
I extingushed it with a fire exting. and then washed it down with a hose so the wires were all clean. I checked the wires that were exposed and no damage was done to them just the plastic cover which I re wraped. And started the bike back up. The plugs are dry so I will try that.

@ MisterCinders
I did touch the idle screw to bench synch, once the bike started I then adjusted it to 1200 rpm with the choke off and began to adjust my air screws, this is when the fire happend.
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Synching the carbs by adjusting the air screws may be the root of your problem.
 
I moved them back to where I started with them before the fire. 2 turns out.
Now I'm at the DMV for this bike since they screwed the paperwork up on it and are registering it as a non op. This is a slap in the face.

All in all I have set everything back on the bike to how it was when it started.
 
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