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small update. went for a longer ride around richmond. im slowly easing the bike into service again, i really want to make sure its sound. the only things i noticed were
1. there is almost a "second neutral" between 4th and 5th. twice today it went into this neutral when trying to shift into 5th. but no grinding and slamming it up put it in gear
2. after about 35min of straight riding it starting chugging and slightly backfiring sort of, almost like it was being starved for fuel. it was full of fuel and didn't feel overly hot, pulled over, everything checked out fine, started right back up again and then got to my parents in another 5 minutes and parked it for a while.
for number 2 im worried this is the dreaded overheating ive heard so much about on these bikes. almost always happens after 30min and always mimics a fuel starvation. there is a small plug on the side of the carb where the choke plunger is that goes missing on 99% of these bikes. it causes a tiny air leak past the "throttle plate" of the carb and thus causes it to overheat. i can only assume due to being slightly more lean of a mixture? im not really sure.
i tried plugging it up before i got it running but any plug i had would inhibit the choke and jam it open, so after a few moments it would flood and die. i rode around perfectly without it but now since i did hit the golden "half hour studder", im worried that may be the issue. i'd like to try again just to be sure.
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