Post by givr on Sept 18, 2007 7:32:45 GMT -5
Well,
I've got my 73 H1D back together, now I'm having a hard time getting it running.
I got the bike in Bracebridge back in 2005, it didn't run then, but I just loved the look of it so I bought it for a restoration. It also came with a 74 H1 parts bike plus a bunch of extras.
Besides the cosmetic stuff, I cleaned it and rebuilt the top end. I wanted to see if it would run with the intention of doing a crank rebuild over the winter.
When I went to prime the carbs, 2 of them overflowed immediately, so I serviced the float valve and adjusted the float height on one. That took care of the overflow, but I think I'll need to see fuel level using the clear tubing method. That's my next plan of attack.
What happens is that the bike will fire after 5-10 kicks with the choke engaged and throttle about 1/4 open, but for only about 30 seconds max. I'm running 20:1 premix just so I can get the oil lines primed, which they don't seem to be doing. All cylinders fire at first, but then the left one quits and the right and centre ones keep going. After it dies, the right pipe is hottest, centre a little cooler, and the left one is just barely warm. Before I started fooling around with the carbs, (fixing the overflow) I had the opposite problem, left hot, right cold, centre medium.
Besides checking the carbs out for levels, etc. is there anything else I should check out?
Thanks,
Anthony
I've got my 73 H1D back together, now I'm having a hard time getting it running.
I got the bike in Bracebridge back in 2005, it didn't run then, but I just loved the look of it so I bought it for a restoration. It also came with a 74 H1 parts bike plus a bunch of extras.
Besides the cosmetic stuff, I cleaned it and rebuilt the top end. I wanted to see if it would run with the intention of doing a crank rebuild over the winter.
When I went to prime the carbs, 2 of them overflowed immediately, so I serviced the float valve and adjusted the float height on one. That took care of the overflow, but I think I'll need to see fuel level using the clear tubing method. That's my next plan of attack.
What happens is that the bike will fire after 5-10 kicks with the choke engaged and throttle about 1/4 open, but for only about 30 seconds max. I'm running 20:1 premix just so I can get the oil lines primed, which they don't seem to be doing. All cylinders fire at first, but then the left one quits and the right and centre ones keep going. After it dies, the right pipe is hottest, centre a little cooler, and the left one is just barely warm. Before I started fooling around with the carbs, (fixing the overflow) I had the opposite problem, left hot, right cold, centre medium.
Besides checking the carbs out for levels, etc. is there anything else I should check out?
Thanks,
Anthony
, I'll start going through it all systematically and see what I come up with. 
