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elmer -> RE: Stumped (7/1/2008 8:21:44 AM)
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How are you "cleaning" your plugs? I used a propane torch to burn off everything until it just barely gave a hint of glowing red. I had a similar problem when I first got my bike, and what threw me off was that even though I had let my spark plugs dry out, when I held the threads against the frame and cranked it over, I had visible spark. But it still wouldn''t run. So after heating them up with the propane torch it got things going. Also while you''ve got all the plugs out I''d crank it over a couple times to pump any excess fuel out of the engine.
Definitely have a battery charger hooked up or something while you are doing all this and trying to start it. If you are cranking it over with too little power, the starter isn''t going to turn it over fast enough to get it started. If thats the case then you''re better off to just stop because its not going to start even if things were perfect, so you''re just flooding it and fouling plugs.
Double check that your plug wires are hooked up correctly. Not to insult your intelligence, but you never know. I''d also look at your air box and see if its ever been messed with. Sometimes you''ll have a rocket surgeon that things that more air into the airbox equals more power so they''ll drill a bunch of holes in it, which will eff things up.
Make sure that that one large vacuum hose that runs from the carbs to the airbox is hooked up, otherwise the slides in the carbs aren''t going to work and that could cause problems.
good luck.
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