Well, for those of you who are still following along, I have a sizable update. I can't say enough about how much this forum has saved my bacon. There have been countless times of me scratching my head and cussing a part, then pulling up the forum to find a simple fix. This scenario repeated itself this past weekend. I spent most of the day Saturday, going through the harness and hooking up my new Dyna system. I went to start it up and got nothing but backfires. I couldn't figure it out. I knew it was probably something stupid that I had repeatedly been overlooking, such is the case. I went back inside frustrated and demoralized. Before I decided to call my friends for help, I thought I would try the forum. I read through a few posts and 30 minutes later... bingo.
It turns out in my noobieness, I found that I had the blue and yellow wires from the points turned around after I had hooked up my Dyna coils. Stupid mistake but it could have been way worse. At any rate, I went back out to the barn, switched the wires over and gave her some juice. It sounded like it was trying to start, but the choke really had to be played with to get this to happen. It almost started up and it was enough to get me finishing up the rest of the bike.
I welded on and painted the rear end finally. I used VHT Roll Bar paint. I'm hoping it holds up, but we will see. Before I called it a night, I thought I would give it another go on getting the bike to fully turn over. I worked the choke and my brother ran the throttle and hit the starter. VIOLA! She's running!
The bike isn't idling yet. The choke has to be played with way too much, just a touch one way or the other will kill the bike. A carb rebuild is now next on the list. I have the kit but haven't gotten to it until now. Is there a good brand of paint to pretty up the carbs with?
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