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Does it change gears? It's hard to tell from your description of problem whether it's a power issue, or a trans issue. Davo I can't really tell if the gear lever changes the gears sicne I can't get the bike moving on it's own power without clanking and stalling in first gear. the gear selector peda...

It could be stuck between gears, or in a higher gear. It may be coincidental with the engine cleaning. Try rocking the bike forward and backward while shifting, and see if it is shifting up and down. How many miles did you ride it before this problem began? Davo The gear shift lever moves up and do...

Sounds like you got some water in the points or other electrical, and it's only running on one cylinder. Make be other issues as well. The arm that goes on the splines for the shift shaft should ne at 11:00 or shifting will be affected. Davo Points are clean and dry. Ran some 1500 grit sandpaper th...

Just out of idle curiosity, how is the bike when you push it around, and if you put it into first gear pull in the clutch and push it, how is it? The motor has compression and seems to sound function normally when it's not running but in gear. no clanking or sounds or anything. The clutch works fin...

The points which ark are dirty. Plane and simple. If ya can spray with a contact cleaner than while closed Pull a Business Card through them. This will clean that one and while ya at it ya should do both. ........................lm here's a link to youtube.com where i took some video of teh timing ...

johnny, the bike would start ok then under a load it would lose power. It wouldn't rev up but would stall if I opened the throttle any more. i could easily hear the tone change when this was happening and it would suddenly cut back in on both cylinders. I thought the old molded plastic coil may be ...

Hi all, replaced both spark plug caps with new ones and I got to looking at the ground wire today and it was corroded at the frame connection so I replaced the wire and both connectors as well. Bike started fine without the missing that had been present before. It ran without any missing or popping...