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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mandorider" data-source="post: 144197" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I was recently gifted a 75 trike. The former owner pulled the motor to do some tinkering and had it all in pcs. seemed like he did a pretty good job putting it back together until... he went to start it. (side note: bofore starting for the first time... this bike was outfitted with a single carb kit) When he went to start it, it started coughing from the carb and gas shot in to the air along with a flame and it caught fire. (not to badly, just a bit of the wiring as he had an extinguisher handy.) So, here is the question... what should i look for that may have caused this to occur. It almost seems like the timing was completely reversed but i dont even know where to check that first. this is my 4th golding but first 1000. I believe the timing is fairly static. Any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>