Engine dies as I soon as accelerate in 1st gear

[e3steve]

Yup, that's rich; although not overly-so. Sounds like the crud in your tank is causing you fuel problems too.

[kustommusic]

Spargett, On CB77s you don't need to remove the kick start lever to remove the right side cover. That will come off with the cover. Good luck on your fuel(?) problem. Kustommusic

[Spargett]

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize it was suppose to come out. Turns out that I have a CL77 kick start shaft instead of the CB77. Loud Mouse advised me (via PM) that it's prob just stuck in the threads a little. I'm going to try and get a large screwdriver to thread through where the lever usually is for better leverage and pull it out. Unfortunately without removing the cover I can't really add any sort of lubrication to help aleviate the shaft.

I think I'll have some time to give it a shot later on today.

-Scott-

Spargett, On CB77s you don't need to remove the kick start lever to remove the right side cover. That will come off with the cover. Good luck on your fuel(?) problem. Kustommusic