Pop No Kick

So I got adventurous tonight and tried to breath life into the old wing. After chasing a few wires with the help of a free wire diagram, I was able to find the allusive black wire from the rear brake switch and make the connection.

A little fuel, a little choke and few shots of ether and she starts. But. She won't run. It has to be a timing issue. When I can keep it going it gets a lot of backfiring and smokes like it is running rich.

I looked on Randakk's and the firing order is 1-3-2-4. The front two cylinders are fired off of the right coil and the rear two fire off the left.

Where my bike has the Martek electronic ignition it might be a bit of a chore to get it timed properly as it is really hard to find the literature for Martek Industries. There is plenty out there for the contact points that Mother Honda originally installed but Honda didn't adopt the electronic ignitions until the GL1200.

No recordings of engine sounds tonight. But what I did hear sounds good.

Gold in your Grill?

It has been a slow go for the past few weeks for a few reasons. One, no time and two no parts. I finally received the air shock fittings and air line only to find out that the fittings wouldn't fit. So I over paid for the lines but now the rear shocks are finally doing their job.

I also ordered the last of the headlight rings and all the associated spring locks and bolts to put it together. It is plugged in and working like a champ.

I had to wait for a calm-ish day to paint the few remaining pieces that I had forgotten. Two of them were radiator trim and I couldn't bolt it up until they were done. In the process I painted the radiator grill gold and I am happy with the way it turned out.

The goal for this week is to get the electronic ignition connected, and see if we can hear what those Rumblers sound like. Oh, I hope the seat will be done this week too. Pictures will follow.