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El Gringo:
The engine wont start unless the choke is all the way out and it has to stay choked to run at all. It starts and dies maybe 20 times before you can get it to wind up, then it dies at anything less than half throttle. I'm getting real sick of this little S.O.B. anybody know what it would take to put a Goldwing motor in it?

RPM:
Sounds like the pilot circuit in the carbs is plugged up. Any swap would require fitting the loom from said bike cutting off old mounting brackets/ fabricating new brackets, figuring out driveline/driveline adapter situation, radiator situation if it is water cooled, fans, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.

Robert - RPM

El Gringo:
Hey Robert, how is it going? I'll pull the pilot jets next week. I think it set for quite a while before I got it.

On the engine swap, you don't think $29.95 will cover the labor cost? I sure like the torque range of my Goldwing. I could use it to pull up tree stumps.

RPM:
Yea $29.95 would get you alllllmost there. The jets might not be the only problem. The pilot circuit goes through the entire body of the carburetor. Your best bet would be to dis-assemble the carbs completely and run them through a hot tank and an ultrasonic cleaning to get the internal pilot circuits cleaned up. Then if it is going to sit for any period of time you need to drain the carbs of fuel or the last tank you are going to run before it sits you should go buy some non ethanol fuel like av gas or the VP T4 so the ethanol doesn't break down and clogged them up again.

Robert

justfreaky:
Hi Dennis,

These engines don't like to sit long with gas in the carbs. They tend to gum up rather quickly. Clean the carbs real good, check the foam in the fuel cell to make sure it is not clogging the fuel line, and check the vent for the fuel cell.
Pretty much what Robert said on an engine swap. Goldwing engines were used in the older Dwarf Cars. There are parts available for a swap, But going to blow your budget out of the water.
Hazards of making a street vehicle out of a race car.
Message me when you get time and let me know how you are doing.

Steve

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