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.
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