Just got the bike a few days ago, and I cant tell if the valvetrain noise is something I need to worry about or not. I keep hearing that these motors are just noisy, but the bike is running so terribly right now that I'm worried.
Also seems like Im having carb troubles. Bike came with a super E with a 70 main jet(dont know about the other one). The bike seems to idle very badly, and if left idling too long, will die on its own. Took the carb apart today and cleaned it as best I could(rag with degreaser, and blew out the jets) and the idle was MUCH better, but now the bike skips and stumbles at half throttle. also when I am at idle and I turn the throttle just a bit(not enough to hear the idle speed up) the motor will backfire and shoot a little black cloud out of the carb and the motor will die unless I work the throttle. I took a short video before I cleaned the carb to show the idle and the valvetrain noise. Am I just over reacting to everything as a proud new owner?
Thanks and sorry for the long winded post.
video link will be in the next post, it wont let me ad a link since its my first post...
Also seems like Im having carb troubles. Bike came with a super E with a 70 main jet(dont know about the other one). The bike seems to idle very badly, and if left idling too long, will die on its own. Took the carb apart today and cleaned it as best I could(rag with degreaser, and blew out the jets) and the idle was MUCH better, but now the bike skips and stumbles at half throttle. also when I am at idle and I turn the throttle just a bit(not enough to hear the idle speed up) the motor will backfire and shoot a little black cloud out of the carb and the motor will die unless I work the throttle. I took a short video before I cleaned the carb to show the idle and the valvetrain noise. Am I just over reacting to everything as a proud new owner?
Thanks and sorry for the long winded post.
video link will be in the next post, it wont let me ad a link since its my first post...