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Offline wardenerd

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750 performance
« on: May 26, 2011, 04:16:13 AM »
Ihave not ridden a 750 in a long time but I own an '81 650C and a '77 550 F.  I have achance to trade for a '78 750.  I rode the bike yesterday.  It fired right up but it did not have enough power to get out of its own way.  It had little throttle response. I would have thought it was running on two cylinders.  If you snapped the throttle wide open it slowly began to accelerate at a rate below the 550 and way way below the 650.  I was trying to figure out whats up.  The exhaust pressure indicated one cylinder, lower exhaust on the right side, was not cycling like the rest.  All the other running gear seemed fine.  What do you 750 experts think?

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Re: 750 performance
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2011, 04:41:14 AM »
Warden: Could be it just needs a good tune up. will the owner let you take it home to do a few test? Wish you were a little closer we could check it over.I have a K8 I.m about an hour from Bragg. If nothing else check the plugs and wires. maybe change them around to see if the problem moves. Is this the one you are thinking of trading your 550 for? The only way to know what is going on is to do the 3K tune up. minus the oil change and stuff like that.

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Offline ekpent

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Re: 750 performance
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2011, 06:05:37 AM »
Easy way for a quick check to see how many cylinders are firing is to warm it up a little and touch the header pipes with a wet rag for a sizzle test.Hard to tell why it runs like crap right now as you know,could be lots of things.

Offline wardenerd

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Re: 750 performance
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2011, 07:02:55 AM »
I forgot the pipe test.  This bike is not worth trading for.  I would be better off buying one and selling my 650.  I would have bought the 750  for what he paid for it $900.  Then I would rework it and keep it but maybe next time.

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Re: 750 performance
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2011, 07:05:53 AM »
How much did he want? Are you saying you are passing on this one?

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Re: 750 performance
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2011, 07:11:36 AM »
He wants to trade for my 550 and I have too much time and heart invested in her.  She is still my first SOHC4.