WTF!! @#$%!!!!

[dannygraves]

so, I spent most of the weekend getting the bikes ready to list for sale...
swapped bars, replaced grips, put freshly resealed froks on and new brake pads, etc.
My pressure washer took a shit halfway through cleaning the gen-3 my day was not to a good start. I go to start the gen-3... 20 minutes later, its smoking and blubbering. can barely do 15mph down my street. I open up the carb, swap the needle for leaner, faten up the pilot, etc. then it takes a while to start and is still blubbering w/ a 1372 and a 165 main... I'm like WTF?!
now keep in mind, my tuning issues were a major player in my decision to buy the kawi, I built the perfect bike and couldn't get it running right, and those of you that know me know that I am the jetting master... it was all very discouraging. I would either not be able to start it, have it so rich that it blubbers and smokes or pinging like crazy.
Well, I was messing with the bike after dark and noticed something that made me want to howl at the f-ing moon! a bunch of sparks coming out of the coil, and every time it would miss a shower of sparks came out. Uppon further inspection some insulation between the rod and plastic housing was missing so I went digging through my parts box and found a brand new AMR coil I got from Nick (ISBB), it was made for a steelie, so the bolt pattern was different, but I was able to make it work very easily.
tonight after work I'm going to try it out, but I'm like %90 confident that all of my tuning issues will be gone and I will just be able to jet it close to stock.

[NightBiker07]

its god telling you not to sell it!

[dannygraves]

LOL
but god also knows I have an american express that needs to get paid off

[hoofarted]

its god telling you not to sell it!

I think so as well. You'll come to the realization that it'll run circles around your 4-poke and have second thoughts. Just sell the Kawi and come back down to earth. haha.

[dannygraves]

dude, the kawi kicks ass, its not going anywhere! I'm really to the point where I have to decide between keeping the 500s or the stealth... I can always build another 500, shit I've built 4 already
If I were to sell the stealth, I have a lot of work to do to get top dollar for it... the bikes are pretty much ready to go right now. I need to clean the pilot jet on the gen-1 and get the jetting dialed in on the gen-3 and finish washing them. thats not so much work.
the one thing is I will be pretty firm on pricing, I'm not desperate to sell, so I won't let them go for crap money.

[100hp honda]

did it smoke that bad last time you rode it ? maybe somethings wrong

[dannygraves]

well, just took it for a spin... fired right up, but that 1372 needle was lean as hell and it was zinging when I'd rev, so I shut it down and put in the oem 1368 2nd clip and it blubered a tiny bit around 1/2-3/4 and the main is too lean, but it was freaken wheelie time. I shut it down, gave it one kick and it fired right back up. it really was that freaken coil the whole time!!

[hoofarted]

So in other words, you bought a ~$7000 coil???

[arleybeer40]

[AlisoBob]

So in other words, you bought a ~$7000 coil???

[dannygraves]

LMFAO!!!!

[redrocket190]

Coil? Who'd ever think one of those would go bad at the wrong moment?

[AlisoBob]

But your Banned buddies were right there....... to get you going. IF Danny ever came out to ride with us, maybe he would have $6950 in his pocket right now......

[dannygraves]

thats $6650!

[CR500R7]

So in other words, you bought a ~$7000 coil???

It would want to be one hell of a coil for that price.