I'm still on the fence about putting any time or money into this bike.
It's a made-for-only-one-year Honda GL650 Silverwing. I picked it up for $150 as a winter project. I'm questioning my judgement....
DAY 1: It was parked in a garage up until the last couple months. It was running when parked and had been serviced regularly, but had not been run for the last couple years.
I put the key in run and pressed the button- nothing. The ignition switch is flaky; going all the way to run turns everything off, but backing off just a tiny bit gets me the lights on the console. I got a relay to click in the battery compartment (or thereabouts). I put a voltmeter on the battery and had 11.3 which isn't bad, but could be better.
I connected a jump-box to the battery and was getting an authoritative click but no crank, so I put it in gear and rocked it to turn the engine a bit. That got it to crank and it even started and ran for several minutes (sounded pretty good too). Then it stalled and wouldn't restart. It backfired a few times and ran for a few seconds but that was it. I decided not to push it before I had a chance to look at the fuel and air cleaner.
It's a made-for-only-one-year Honda GL650 Silverwing. I picked it up for $150 as a winter project. I'm questioning my judgement....
DAY 1: It was parked in a garage up until the last couple months. It was running when parked and had been serviced regularly, but had not been run for the last couple years.
I put the key in run and pressed the button- nothing. The ignition switch is flaky; going all the way to run turns everything off, but backing off just a tiny bit gets me the lights on the console. I got a relay to click in the battery compartment (or thereabouts). I put a voltmeter on the battery and had 11.3 which isn't bad, but could be better.
I connected a jump-box to the battery and was getting an authoritative click but no crank, so I put it in gear and rocked it to turn the engine a bit. That got it to crank and it even started and ran for several minutes (sounded pretty good too). Then it stalled and wouldn't restart. It backfired a few times and ran for a few seconds but that was it. I decided not to push it before I had a chance to look at the fuel and air cleaner.
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