u/Fiji59

again, long story short;

carbs were gummy and def a factor. thank you for all who let me know, i’ve got rebuild kits en route.

but my weak spark turned into a no spark situation. I’ve been truly baffled trying to fix it as the previous owner seems to have monkeyed with the system.

After extensive testing and bypassing of various components, and cursing out the man who decided to change things in here, I stopped to ask myself why they appeared to be a condenser on the side of what should have been the hall effect sensor.

Upon removing the front of the can, I found a set of points. No freaking idea why or how they’re there, but they are.

Going to diagnose more and figure out if they’re just glazed or the condenser went bad. what a trip. why he would modify this bike to have an OLDER system, i’ll never know…

am i crazy

Long story short, just got an 81’ r65 and have been loving the crap out of it. Spent a day doing minor repairs, lik fixing the odometer and adjusting the valves and such before taking a friend for a ride the next day. now, it was 100 degrees and boiling, but still we wanted to go and so we did. rode 10 min, got coffee, then on the way back it died. let it sit then it started again, limped it home and started trying to figure out what went wrong.

its got this crazy rough idle, and it does not change w starting fluid. Made me think it was spark, so i looked at and replaced the original bosch gray coil that people said was probably the problem with a new harley coil, the dyna brown 31614-83A. Swapped it over, same poor running condition.

Could this be as simple as bad spark plugs and leads? I cleaned the carbon off them but still not much change. again, no change w starting fluid. Really at a loss. any advice is appreciated.

Attached is the running condition i get, regardless of fuel situation.

Found when cleaning room, in a cup with old BB pellets and gum and crap. No clue where they’re from. didn’t clean them, but I am only asking here per the rules bc some of these are early dates for their variety or are in ok condition (penny). but also i know nothing about coins except a 5 minute read of the rules here lol

photos taken with iphone camera and a magnifying glass for best detail

any advice is appreciated!

Long story short, this is a Neon sign at a friend's ice cream shop that has never (to their knowledge) even been looked at or hooked up. I am home for the summer and figured I would give it a go to see if I can get it running. I have done some electrical work, mostly just tinkering with low voltage stuff, motorcycle looms, and house wiring, but never anything on the crazy 3k volt end of a transformer lol.

See photos. Weird 2 electrodes (?) per end of each tube, of which there are two. There is an Allison 930FPX120, and to my eye it has never been hooked up. There is no wall plug coming out of it, nor are the two leads on the 3k volt side hooked up at all.

I have the basic tools for this stuff, like wire strippers, etc. But I know I cant use wire nuts and stuff for voltage like this. I apologize if I messed up any terminology, etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have no clue why this was never set up, or if neon can degrade over what I would estimate is 20 ish years of disuse. Any basic tests I can perform tmro using a multimeter if needed to see if this is a viable project.

can’t afford two new tires bro