jose padilla
08-16-2006, 11:19 PM
Alright heres a new thread about nothing specific. Its just something I thought we could all put input into. Heres the specifics, I want you to think back on a project you were doing on your bike and if something went wronge share your experiance to help out other do it yourselfer's.
For instance after I had rebuilt the motor and got it back into the bike it was really running like shit. The bike would idle but underload the bike ran like total shit. I went around the block a few times and the bike was sputtering and back firing like crazy. I get back and decided to check the headers for heat to make sure all cylinders were firing. Pipes 3 and 4 were hot but 1 and 2 were cold, obviously I'm not getting any detonation in those cylinders but the question is why. Well I take the airbox off and first check to make sure there is fuel getting to the cylinders, yup I got spray from the injectors, next I remove the plugs and check for fire, Yup I got fire. So I'm sitting there wtf!!! Check compression and its perfect across the board. So While I'm sitting there scratching my head I start to think perhaps I got the firing order mixed with 1 and 2. Switched them over and sure enough problem fixed.:doh:
Easy enough just swap the plug wires but it could have been any problem until everything else was ruled out. You might sit there and say hey thats a stupid mistake but you'll be thanking me if you ever run across a similar situation.
So join in and share your experiance
For instance after I had rebuilt the motor and got it back into the bike it was really running like shit. The bike would idle but underload the bike ran like total shit. I went around the block a few times and the bike was sputtering and back firing like crazy. I get back and decided to check the headers for heat to make sure all cylinders were firing. Pipes 3 and 4 were hot but 1 and 2 were cold, obviously I'm not getting any detonation in those cylinders but the question is why. Well I take the airbox off and first check to make sure there is fuel getting to the cylinders, yup I got spray from the injectors, next I remove the plugs and check for fire, Yup I got fire. So I'm sitting there wtf!!! Check compression and its perfect across the board. So While I'm sitting there scratching my head I start to think perhaps I got the firing order mixed with 1 and 2. Switched them over and sure enough problem fixed.:doh:
Easy enough just swap the plug wires but it could have been any problem until everything else was ruled out. You might sit there and say hey thats a stupid mistake but you'll be thanking me if you ever run across a similar situation.
So join in and share your experiance