OTay ya'll...get ready to :smilie_happy:
oh2: ...
The 'Wing is runnin like a champ now. I had Mama follow me in the car, and I took a short 28 mile run, to verify it was finished. I'm satisfied that it is, and totally embarrassed to announce the cause of all of my frustrations for the past week or so.
Anyway, here's da poop...
Last week, when I had to have the bike towed back because it died on me, I had found that the bolt that holds the rotor onto the shaft requires a washer on it, also. I had installed the bolt, but no washer. Doh! Once I realized that, I installed the a washer on the bolt, and re-installed it. It ran, but not very well. Next morning, when I attempted to ride it to work, I had to turn around and come back home. At that point, I decided to back away, and get a grip before I really DID set it on fire in the yard.
We all spent most of the week trying to determine what the heck was going on with it...it was running fine until the ride on the flatbed, so we were all kinda leaning toward a fuel problem, which made perfect sense to me. I spent most of the morning taking the tops off of the carbs, and checking the sliders. All were nice, clean, and moving freely both inside of the top cover, and down in the carb throats. Then, I checked fuel pump pressure, as best I could. I actually found a brand new fuel pressure gauge hanging right above my tool box that I had forgotten about.
oh2: Fuel pressure was ok, fuel volume was ok. So now what? The only thing left was that damn pulse generator.
SO down on the floor I go again. I removed the cover for the generator, reached up in the to check the rotor, and....uh...well...it was still bolted up, but....it was solid....as in no advance working. Apparently, the washer I had installed was too large, diameter-wise, and it was locking the advance mechanism down, so it would not advance. Now, I'm not talking about the
vacuum advance, but the mechanical advance of the rotor itself. I searched and searched, and finally came up with a flat washer that would fit inside of the outer part of the rotor, but still be large enough to hold the rotor to the shaft. I bolted it all up(with a dab of locktite on the bolt), checked to see that the advance would still twist, and then....hit the button and fire it up. Ran PERFECT! I could now twist the throttle full bore, and the engine responded immediately, with no hesitation, popping or farting...just the awesome sounds of VAAARRRRRROOOOOM!
So, what was basically causing the popping/farting was I had NO mechanical ignition advance. This is why the pipes were glowing red...as I had already mentioned that the only thing I could think of that would cause exhaust pipes to glow was stopped up exhaust, lean fuel conditions, or severely retarded timing. And that, boys and gurls, is what I had.
I buttoned everything back up, put all the bodywork back on it, took and filled it with fuel, and had Mama follow me down the hiway, and it's running like a top now.
I don't have any good pics of the rotor, or even the pulse generator, or I would post them to help explain what it was that was locked down. I'll search for some pics, and if I can find some, I'll post them.
I'm honestly fully embarrassed that this turned into such a freeking nightmare, but it was all MY FAULT. Hopefully, this experience will help keep someone else from making the same dumbass mistakes I made on this project. I wanna thank ALL of the CGW members that pitched in and gave me support, and ideas on this thing...and also to the ones that calmed me down when I was ready to chunk it off a bridge.... :thanks:
SO...now...lemmie have it...I deserve it.....
oh2: :rtfm:
btw..this thing is runnin better than it ever has...it's got some bottom end that just won't quit!
