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Rob B
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I'm a relative newbie. with a 1987 Honda XR200 that I fixed up (put new gaskets in and adjusted timing etc) last year. It was working excellent for a month or two, starting first kick every time, lots of controllable (not jumpy) power. Then out of nowhere (this happened last year before winter but I'm resuming repairs since winter is over) I hit the kill switch after a run, it made a funny noise which I can't remember well enough to describe, and never started again. Not even an almost-start, just completely dead.
I've been trying to figure out the problem, I cleaned the carb well I think.
I noticed later that there is a spark, but it only sparks intermittently, maybe like 3-4 random times every 10 kicks
Two questions here, while this is obviously a problem, is the problem serious enough to prevent the dirt bike from even starting for a second? I'm wondering if there's a good chance this is THE problem with the dead bike, or if there's more than one problem.
Two, why would the spark be intermittent? What causes that, and how could I fix it? I don't understand why there'd be a spark at all if something was wrong.
The spark also seems to be weak, I know a spark is supposed to be "fat and blue" which I've seen on other machines, but on my XR200 it's always been tiny and yellowish - I never considered it a problem because it worked excellent - but I'm wondering now if it was an early warning sign of something wearing out?
Any suggestions at all? Thanks in advance..
I've been trying to figure out the problem, I cleaned the carb well I think.
I noticed later that there is a spark, but it only sparks intermittently, maybe like 3-4 random times every 10 kicks
Two questions here, while this is obviously a problem, is the problem serious enough to prevent the dirt bike from even starting for a second? I'm wondering if there's a good chance this is THE problem with the dead bike, or if there's more than one problem.
Two, why would the spark be intermittent? What causes that, and how could I fix it? I don't understand why there'd be a spark at all if something was wrong.
The spark also seems to be weak, I know a spark is supposed to be "fat and blue" which I've seen on other machines, but on my XR200 it's always been tiny and yellowish - I never considered it a problem because it worked excellent - but I'm wondering now if it was an early warning sign of something wearing out?
Any suggestions at all? Thanks in advance..