mew905
New Member
My friend recently lost his bike in a fire (which is the same reason I generally use my cell for internet use), and after inspecting the motor and deeming it "good condition", he bought replacements for the broken parts (bike was pristine until the excavator dug it out of the building), including the clutch and throttle assemblies, and a new CDI (blue and black cables were ripped out).
However after rebuilding his bike, going from a Schwinn Sting Ray to a West Coast Choppers bike, hes been having trouble. The motor turns, the CDI is working (both he and I switched CDI's between our bikes for testing), the motor is getting gas (quite a bit really, pulled the spark plug, it was SOAKED after several attempts to fire it up). and we removed the kill switch just to rule it out. We're at a loss. The only thing I can think of is a magneto failure (fire never touched it so annealing is unlikely, as well as the simple mechanism would be incredibly difficult to fail), or potentially loose wires. Is there anything else I should check? He's getting ready to just buy a whole new motor but I dont think its necessary. As far as we can tell, there's no spark (he spray painted it black so grounding may have been an issue, but we tried the external spark test to no avail).
Also I'm a bit worried about the soaked plug, seems flooded (we tried around 12 one-block runs to try to start it), and his exhaust is upswept so if we manage to get it going, is it going to be a hazard?
However after rebuilding his bike, going from a Schwinn Sting Ray to a West Coast Choppers bike, hes been having trouble. The motor turns, the CDI is working (both he and I switched CDI's between our bikes for testing), the motor is getting gas (quite a bit really, pulled the spark plug, it was SOAKED after several attempts to fire it up). and we removed the kill switch just to rule it out. We're at a loss. The only thing I can think of is a magneto failure (fire never touched it so annealing is unlikely, as well as the simple mechanism would be incredibly difficult to fail), or potentially loose wires. Is there anything else I should check? He's getting ready to just buy a whole new motor but I dont think its necessary. As far as we can tell, there's no spark (he spray painted it black so grounding may have been an issue, but we tried the external spark test to no avail).
Also I'm a bit worried about the soaked plug, seems flooded (we tried around 12 one-block runs to try to start it), and his exhaust is upswept so if we manage to get it going, is it going to be a hazard?