Subject: An odd chance.....
Author: Lannis
Date: Sep 7, 2005, 6:46 PM
Post ID: 1719400638
Was riding to work yesterday on the Eldo, running down a long hill, when
I hit 70 mph the bike started cutting out momentarily. Sounded like
both cylinders at once, not like fuel starvation, so I was guessing
electrical. By the time I got to work, it was missing so bad I could
only hit 45 MPH or so. It started up for the ride home in the evening,
and would start missing just a little at 55 or so, which is where I kept
it.
Got into it this evening, it would start and idle fine. Checked the
distributor, everything seemed tight. Pulled the left sidecover, and
there was a 5/16" nut nestled right between the positive battery
terminal and the battery hold-down frame. It was spot-welded to the
hold-down frame, every time I tried to fish it out it would throw a
spark till I remembered to pull the negative terminal.
If I'D tried to design a 55-mph rev-limiter for that bike, I couldn't
have done it, but it designed its own with no help from me....
Lannis