u/DependentMost8789

I am a 20 year 3.5 year apprentice non union.

I honestly feel like I dont make shit on top of that I have no benefits, the owner is an amazing person and we do butt heads but im worried about my future.

Pros to this are its a family owned shop with the potential to run it one day. Only upside I can think of right now.

Today I went in to my local union and did an evaluation, it went great. Instructor was impressed and the director should be getting ahold of me hopefully soon.

Im teetering between union or staying put due to the potential lack of work in the union. Ive never had a under 40hr work week for the company I work for now, I dont wanna go to the union and get benched immediately. Then its no paycheck.

I live in Northern Illinois, and my plan is to eventually move into Chicago and join a company/union there. I just dont know how consistent the work is. If anyone has input I’d really appreciate it.

I have nothing but the utmost respect for both non union and union parties. I want to set myself up for the future and dont know what my best choice would be due to the lack of understanding within the union.

Context, Charlie EI has slight damage on it but still fires (this could be by main issue but who knows)

All basic maintenance has been done, ignition timing, ignition coils tested, new plugs, cleaned carbs, double checked sync and air/fuel ratio. Only thing I have not done is adjust clearances.

Right cylinder will absolutely not fire consistently no matter what. Any ideas.

Ill post a picture of the ignition below to show damage.

CB450 1971, new plugs, clean carbs, adjusted ignition and cam timing. Carbs are set about 1.5 turns out and floats are set about where they need. Sputtering issue around 3k rpm and crazy hesitation. Ill link a video below. Please help. Bike only accelerates at like 30-40% throtte then after that it just goes limp

I have a sputtering problem around 3k rpm in my right cylinder. Ive noticed my float bowl gasket is leaking. Can this cause the sputtering?

I absolutely cannot get this one to open. I either have an issue with oversetting the pins, putting myself into a false set, and just having no counter rotation when picking. Any advice would be really appreciated. I know its tapered pins and its giving me a hell of a time.