Suddenly not wanting to start
#21
Well if you don't have one then your intake seal probably broke. You need that bracket to keep the seal or the vibration will just beat it away. Bike won't last more than a couple hundred miles without that bracket
#22
Gotcha, I will order one this week. Not sure how my dad had and road it for the past 40+ years without it. Thanks!
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#25
Unfortunately I don't live in the same state as he did. Once he passed, I had a big estate sale to sell his house, shop, and everything else. This was pretty much the only thing I kept. This was the first bike he had bought new and has had ever since (among many others over time). Was pretty much his pride and joy. He was the VP of an MC back in the day but I'd have no idea if any of them were still around since I didn't live there.
#26
Bummer, but that tells me the bike should squared away well enough without all the usual backyard goobering up I seen way to much of.
Good luck and stick around there's some very knowledgeable shovel guys in here and we're always glad to lend a hand where we can, might be a bit gruff sometimes but don't take it personal we mean well.
Good luck and stick around there's some very knowledgeable shovel guys in here and we're always glad to lend a hand where we can, might be a bit gruff sometimes but don't take it personal we mean well.
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hseidel (02-11-2021)
#27
If opening the idle screw doesn't fix this, you have an electrical problem. If it doesn't run on starter fluid, it's not carb related. I'd look for a loose or pinched wire. Maybe readjust the push rods, but you said it was sudden. That's what leads me to electrical.
ps. Welcome to the fold.
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Also before you try all this pop the right hand tank cap open then try to start her, sometimes the vent port in the cap can plug up and it'll pull a vacuum on you starving the bike. Had a tiny spider made a nest in mine once, drove me nuts for a couple days till I found that.