Cylinder compression psi
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Check the voltage of your battery after it has sat for about an hour disconnected from the charger and disconnected from the bike. In other words, let the unconnected battery sit for an hour and check the voltage. Let us know what the "at rest" voltage is. It could be a simple as the battery is past it's prime.
Double check all your battery cable connections. Make sure they are clean at both ends of each cable. Make sure the battery terminals/posts are clean.
If your carb was mounted properly, it should not unseat, so something is amiss in your mounting of the carb...Sounds like you have a few bugs, but don't worry, we will get you fixed up. YD
Double check all your battery cable connections. Make sure they are clean at both ends of each cable. Make sure the battery terminals/posts are clean.
If your carb was mounted properly, it should not unseat, so something is amiss in your mounting of the carb...Sounds like you have a few bugs, but don't worry, we will get you fixed up. YD
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I came back to this thread because I figured out why my bike was not starting. When the negative battery terminal melted it weaken the connect between the front bolt and the post. When I connected the cable to the top bolt the bike fired right up. This worked for a little while until that connection failed too. So the battery is good except for the post connections on the neg side. Just as another test I drilled a whole in the center of the post and screwed the neg cable to that. This was working fine but I didn't trust it to stay tight so I bought a new battery. I installed that and now I am back on the road. Thanks for all the help with this. New cables were definitely needed. The ones that were on there were probably the originals, almost 30 years old. The bike starts much stronger now and has not clicked the first try or dragged since I changed the cables. Even thought the battery is good, it's useless on the bike if you can't connect to it properly. So I am keeping it charged to use as a jumper if I need it.
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