Unlike yesterday, it can’t rain all the time…
Working on the 700 already…but it runs again!
My new 700 died on me last Monday. I rode it to Wal-mart, no problems at all. Bought my crap, hopped on the bike, turned the key, pulled in the clutch, pushed the go button, and…NOTHING. I tried push starting it, NOTHING. Tried the button again, and VROOOOM! I started hauling ass for home and almost got there when it died on me again, this time while I was riding. The thing that caught my notice was that the RPMs went straight to zero even though I could still feel the momentum dragging the engine around. I had the wiring diagram on a PDF, but I prefer to look at it on paper. What I was looking for was whatever the tachometer and the starter had in common…
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