Cant go past 17mph

[Adrian]

Hi guys its me again. My motor cant go past 17 mph. I checked everything for air leaks, but could only find that the muffler was loose so I tightned that back up, but even at full throttle I cannot even exceed 17mph. Any tips on what to do?

 

[crassius]

a compression test might tell you something - also, clean motor well and run it to look for oil showing up (seam between case halves can show oil if case bolts need tightening)

 

[Adrian]

Ok I ran it for 5 minutes and everything seemed fine. Anything else I can do?

 

[crassius]

you might have to run it for several 20 minute trips before seepage shows up - did you try a compression test?

 

[Adrian]

No I dont know how to do a compression test. Do you mind exaplaining how to do it? Thanks.

 

[FurryOnTheInside]

No I dont know how to do a compression test. Do you mind exaplaining how to do it? Thanks.

Is this your first time on the internet?
Have you heard of this thing called Google?
Type "how to do a compression test" into the little (magic) box on Google.

 

[crassius]

buy or borrow a compression gauge - hold throttle open and pedal enough to get around 20 turns of motor - read gauge

 

[Wags]

Is this your first time on the internet?
Have you heard of this thing called Google?
Type "how to do a compression test" into the little (magic) box on Google.

Poor kid was just asking a question. You seem like an angry person to me. Maybe you didn't get a Happy Time motor and accidentally bought an angry time Motor.

 

[FurryOnTheInside]

Poor kid was just asking a question. You seem like an angry person to me. Maybe you didn't get a Happy Time motor and accidentally bought an angry time Motor.

Not at all. I bought a crappy time and I love the little bag of shyte.
I just think it's funny (but could also be frustrating for those trying to help) when we are on the internet and someone waits for replies to know what a word means when they could easily have typed the same query into Goggle and have the explanation in seconds.

-this generally means the preceding statement was less than 100% serious.

How to test compression (cranking pressure):

1-get a compression gauge
2-get the bike up to operating temp.
3-turn it off and remove plug using care not to get burned
4-install compression gauge
5-ground plug wire
6-kick start bike with the throttle held wide open as many times as necessary until the comression guage doesn't go any higher.
7-record reading and how many kicks used so you can repeat accurately.

 

[Wags]

Point taken about smiley faces. Maybe it's me that's angry this morning