Subject: Crummy Running
Author: Dennis Jones
Date: Jul 2, 2001, 6:45 PM
Post ID: 1707345864
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Eldo won't run right. Here's what I know. Rode the Eldo round trip to =
and from the Western NY Rally. Ran perfectly, not so much as a hiccup. =
Got it home and washed it good of those pesky Western New York bugs. =
Used S100 and a hose as I have done often in the past. Polished it and =
parked it. Because of family obligations, and a need to ride some of my =
other bikes, the Eldo sat til tonight. It was difficult to start. =
Unusual. Rode off, and it didn't want to idle at stop signs/traffic =
lights, etc. Rode it for mebbe 15 minutes. Would stall if rpm weren't =
kept at 2,500 or more. Engaging the clutch resulted in feeble =
performance. Lots of slippage of the clutch to keep it from stalling. =
Would run rough and bike would shake until I gave it lots of throttle =
and got rpms up. Would then clean up and run strongly to redline, but =
returning to below 4,000 rpm would start the symptoms all over again.
I am getting spark at the plugs. The spark plug wires & caps are dry =
and firmly attached. Ditto coil. Gas in the tank. Checked float =
bowls. Carbs are getting gasoline. Points adjusted properly. Checked =
the airbox, and even ran it without the airbox. Same result.
Other than the bike wash, the bike was running PERFECTLY, and had run =
perfectly for 800 miles, before I parked it.
Any suggestions, other than to never wash the bike again?
D.J.=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Eldo won't run right. Here's what =
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know. Rode the Eldo round trip to and from the Western NY =
Rally. Ran=20
perfectly, not so much as a hiccup. Got it home and washed it good =
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those pesky Western New York bugs. Used S100 and a hose as I have =
done=20
often in the past. Polished it and parked it. Because of =
family=20
obligations, and a need to ride some of my other bikes, the Eldo sat til =
tonight. It was difficult to start. Unusual. Rode off, =
and it=20
didn't want to idle at stop signs/traffic lights, etc. Rode it for =
mebbe=20
15 minutes. Would stall if rpm weren't kept at 2,500 or =
more. 20
Engaging the clutch resulted in feeble performance. Lots of =
slippage of=20
the clutch to keep it from stalling. Would run rough and bike =
would shake=20
until I gave it lots of throttle and got rpms up. Would then clean =
up and=20
run strongly to redline, but returning to below 4,000 rpm would start =
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symptoms all over again.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am getting spark at the plugs. =
The spark=20
plug wires & caps are dry and firmly attached. Ditto=20
coil. Gas in the tank. Checked float bowls. Carbs =
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getting gasoline. Points adjusted properly. Checked the =
airbox,=20
and even ran it without the airbox. Same result.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Other than the bike wash, the bike was =
running=20
PERFECTLY, and had run perfectly for 800 miles, before I parked =
it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any suggestions, other than to never =
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again?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>D.J.</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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