Topic: Thanks to you guys shes running! Sound clip! Just a few questions though.

[Meet The Twins]

After buying a coil from the junkyard for $7 and staring at it I noticed something. My coil was wired backwards. The PO had tried to clean the bullet connects but had connected them back together completely wrong. All I had to do was connect yellow to yellow and blue to blue and I had spark on both cylinders.

I attempted to set the points. After trying and trying to get the points cover off I remembered someone on here saying they used a blow torcha nd held it over the screw for a few seconds. Guess what, it work! When I ahd the cover off I saw that all 4 of the screws that adjusted the points were stripped out. I simply checked tham and they weren't too bad (.020) then I sanded/ primed/ painted teh cover and bought some allen heads to put the cover back on for easy access later.

After about 5 kicks she roared to life. Literally. my pipes are cut off at the pedels and man did they scare me.

As you can hear I have a crazy idle. That clip is just idle. It sounds normal then it speeds up/ slows down. Any tuning tips? I played with the adjuster screws but it didnt seem to make a difference.

I also have a nice long carbon streak on my garage floor from the right cylinder. It also is giving small puffs of white smoke when I do give it alittle gas but only on decel. I checked the spark and its getting a weak spark. Im guessing a points adj. will do the trick. What do you think?

I adjusted the choke so she fires up on the first kick, now the idle is the only problem.

http://media.putfile.com/CB500T-Exhaust-first-time-start-up-

Theres no way I could have come this far without you guys! Thanks a ton! I owe you!

[Tim.]

Once you've set timing and ensured tappet clearances are correct, you need to sync the carbs.  Out of sync carbs can cause the erratic idle.

You gotta wonder what goes through someone's mind - they're faced with two blue and two yellow wires, and they cross-connect them?

[Meet The Twins]

^That sounds like it will be a hoot 

I almost forgot. I picked up a set of CL360 pipes at the JY for $9 because the acual mufflers were rotted out. I talked the cashier down form $20.

[KB02]

If anything. I'd say it sounds like you have one cylinder that doesn't want the keep firing. Like TinTin said, adjust tapets, set timing and then through in a new set of plugs. A Carb Sync will also help.

[Cvillechopper]

I'd also get a new set of points.  They're cheap and you know their condition.  Worn/pitted points will give you an erratic / weak spark too.

Sounds good so far.  Get some pics up when you can.

[Meet The Twins]

Thanks guys! I was worried I was looking at a top end rebuild or something along those lines.

Ill play witht he carbs today and try to get that adj. screw out too.

The pipes were cut by a previous owner. I went and bought some sections of straight pipe to lengthen the stock pipes. Think that will give me enough back pressure? Will it harm anything running staight pipes?