Hello all, new member and have hit a dead end with my bike...hoping someone can help me out.
I have a 75 CB500T, have been riding it for about a year and a half. This is my first 4 stroke road bike, and I have learned a lot since owning it. In addition to doing basic preventive/catch-up maintance, a few issues have popped up that I have been able to figure out/solve.
Anyway, recently I fired it up, it ran poorly for a few seconds, and then died. I haven't been able to get it started since.
Gas flows freely from the petcock, floats fill up. Both plugs get a spark (not as good a spark as I would like but decent considering the age of the coils etc). I checked the compression cold (as I cant start it up) and I average 135 left and 140 right. This is with throttle open, choke off, and kicking it over about 5-6 times to get these numbers (it hits about 90 on the first kick). These #'s are pretty low for the 500T, right? could this really account for the sudden non-start?
Any ideas or suggestions appreciated. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! -JRO75
I have a 75 CB500T, have been riding it for about a year and a half. This is my first 4 stroke road bike, and I have learned a lot since owning it. In addition to doing basic preventive/catch-up maintance, a few issues have popped up that I have been able to figure out/solve.
Anyway, recently I fired it up, it ran poorly for a few seconds, and then died. I haven't been able to get it started since.
Gas flows freely from the petcock, floats fill up. Both plugs get a spark (not as good a spark as I would like but decent considering the age of the coils etc). I checked the compression cold (as I cant start it up) and I average 135 left and 140 right. This is with throttle open, choke off, and kicking it over about 5-6 times to get these numbers (it hits about 90 on the first kick). These #'s are pretty low for the 500T, right? could this really account for the sudden non-start?
Any ideas or suggestions appreciated. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! -JRO75