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You keep kicking it like that and you will be scrounging around for new cases soon. :doh:
What I do is bring it to TDC, push the decomp, then kick away.

I'm more worried about what happened earlier with the ignition issues..... some of the back kicks were pretty violent. If the cases crack ...

what's your jetting like and where is your air screw

I have it written down and can find it for you, but the numbers will be meaningless I think. The previous owner put a Dellorto round slide on this bike. My one WOT plug chop (that was fun! :twisted: ) was chocolate brown, so the main is a ...

I finally have this figured out, and I thought I would post my findings for closure. It was one of those multi dimensional issues that is such a pain in the ass to troubleshoot, particularly on an engine like this.


Problem A: The timing was pretty wacked up. It was randomly firing at the "F" or ...

when you detailed your starting procedure it seems you left out 1 important item and if your not doing it, could explain your problem.
bring it around to TDC, THEN, go just past, bring the kicker all the way to the top. this will make sure as you are kicking it through it goes all the way through ...

If your key isn't sheared as seems likely, I have heard of a case where a bad CDI was causing that same problem,
Only have heard it once so it's not to common.
Does Honda have OHM specs for the CDI?
If so a quick check might reveal if it's good or bad.


Good idea. My service manual just arrived ...

Roostius_Maximus wrote:Remove the flywheel, check to see if the flywheel key is sheared.

Key has been checked a couple times during this adventure. Not sheared, looks perfect.

Ok, I'll try to be concise but we all know what emotion comes with the bike not starting when you want to ride. :evil:

I bought an 88' CR500 a few months ago. The details are here ( http://bannedcr500riders.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=13971 ), but basically it's a mutt bike with a 94' engine and ...

Greetings all! I found this site recently and it has proven to be a great resource for my new-to-me CR500. It's an 88' model with a 94' engine swapped in. This bike is a classic "buy shit from Dennis Kirk and half ass putting it together" special. It runs and rides great but has lots of little ...