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[pauldeepsea]

Well I knew it was too good to be true. Okay the bike starts up and seems to be running good if I let go of the throttle it just shuts off.. There is 1 red light on the EHC not sure if that has shit to do with it cutting off. Could this be an adjustment on the idle cable/throttle cable? HELP, HELP

 

[pauldeepsea]

NEXT... Bike now will not even turn over!!! I am leaning towards a battery problem but why would the bike shut off with a bad or low battery. Battery is on the charger, I will try again later to see if that may be an issue. GOD this is killing me!!!

 

[pauldeepsea]

Okay, took the battery off charge tried to start and got a loud pop out of the pipes tried again it started right up. Now maybe thinking bad battery and idle cable not adjusted properly???? it runs fine as long as i am turning the throttle open a little. any suggestions??

 

[narow37]

throttle cables are a bitch to adjust. just keep working with it until you have just a touch of slack in each cable. did the place you took the carb to mess with the idle screw?

 

[pauldeepsea]

yes, I am going to adjust the idle screw today. got up this morning and started getting into the bike. The cables are on right. Now Time to check the carb.

 

[Five Five]

Hey Paul...your almost there buddy
did you check your idle metering screw (brass one on top of carb) set it a about 1-1/2 turns out, to just get it in the ball park. there is lots of good post on carb adjustments on the site, do a search....
narrow37 is right the cables are a bitch...just keep working it
bill

 

[pauldeepsea]

Bill, I am looking at the carb adjustment post as we speak, I am really leaning towards that and maybe a battery issue. Carb 1st going to fire it up here in a few. can't wait until I can put this thread to sleep. Thanks again

 

[pauldeepsea]

okay, started the bike up warmed it up and adjusted the idle screw good to go! bike sounds and is running good. I would really like to retire this thread I am going to take it for a test run and see what happens hopefully no more post on this. Again thank you so much to everyone who pitched in I learned a lot during the process.