Lloyde
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So here are the circumstances that lead to the problem. Just before it started getting real cold last year I was riding my bike and got the engine to run like normal, then about a 1/2 mile from my house I look down to adjust the Air Intake to get more air and run a little smother. As I am looking down my engine gives a POP, and I see the Cylinder Head jump up at me and the engine dies. I do the safe thing and turn around, when I get back home I remove the bots holding the Cylinder Head and find it is is 2 pieces! (see pic) As I have come to understand this is actually a somewhat common occurrence.
After doing research (and waiting for it to get warm again); I ordered a new head and CDI coil, cleaned the piston, cleaned/gaped the spark, and a couple other things
I got the new parts and could not test them for months because it got to cold and snowy/icy. But now it is warm and I was testing the other day. It took a couple minuets but it did start again, yet it did not sound like it used to. When I got to a stop sign I had pulled in the Clutch, released the Throttle to make sure my phone was still in my pocket, and the engine DIES!
I jump off the bike and poke around it with a questioning look, I jump back on and start moving again it starts back up, but the silly thing Will Not Idle, and it takes a while to get started each time.
New (?) problem, trying to start the engine it will sometimes Backfire (?), not sure if that is the right description, but a small white poof of air will sometimes come out of the Air Filter on the Carb.
Any help with this is much appreciated
After doing research (and waiting for it to get warm again); I ordered a new head and CDI coil, cleaned the piston, cleaned/gaped the spark, and a couple other things
I got the new parts and could not test them for months because it got to cold and snowy/icy. But now it is warm and I was testing the other day. It took a couple minuets but it did start again, yet it did not sound like it used to. When I got to a stop sign I had pulled in the Clutch, released the Throttle to make sure my phone was still in my pocket, and the engine DIES!
I jump off the bike and poke around it with a questioning look, I jump back on and start moving again it starts back up, but the silly thing Will Not Idle, and it takes a while to get started each time.
New (?) problem, trying to start the engine it will sometimes Backfire (?), not sure if that is the right description, but a small white poof of air will sometimes come out of the Air Filter on the Carb.
Any help with this is much appreciated