finally got the lack-of-spark situation straight on my GS - was a corroded connector. Now I have a different problem, here are the symptoms:
-Rhythmic backfiring ever 4 seconds at 2k RPM (cleared up a bit as I synced the carbs as much as possible)
-Carbs won't sync - using homemade sync tool -- left cylinder vacuum climbs fast at idle, both about equal/stable around 2k, right cyl. climbs fast above 2k RPM.
-- Also, blowing some serious smoke, could is just be from running the bike only on the left cylinder for a while when I was trying to figure out the spark problem on right cylinder? Or is it Fatal? Bike's only got 3k miles on it - I'm guessing maybe fuel washdown destroyed the rings on the right piston? It barely smoked at all when it was runing on Left cyl only. Please leave input.... :icon_confused:
What color is the smoke?
looked blueish white like burnt oil smoke. I went out and fired the GS up again - and it really isn't smoking anymore now - was it just that the cylinder was REALLY flooded but the left one wasn't? Seems OK now - gonna give it another shot tomorrow to make sure everything is OK for sure
Quote from: krypto35 on January 25, 2007, 02:52:48 PM
-Carbs won't sync - using homemade sync tool -- left cylinder vacuum climbs fast at idle, both about equal/stable around 2k, right cyl. climbs fast above 2k RPM.
When you can't use the Vaccuum tool just use your eyeball. What I did it look straight down the carbs while they were at WOT and adjusted the flaps until they were parallel. Then I used the tool. I had to do this because before it would just suck my liquid into the engine they were so out of balance :icon_rolleyes: