Well, here's another noob post.
I am new to riding. In fact, I have not even gotten my licence yet.
I picked up a 1980 GSX250 for free because the owner couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. It had not been run in about 10 years.
Having worked on my own cars all these years, I figured I could probably fix it.
Sure enough, after some timkering I discovered why it wouldn't start: the clutch starter interlock would not disengage. I bypassed it and got the bike running, although not very well. We had it running on starting fluid for a few seconds and it seemed to run fine (no noises from the engine, or odd vibrations)
When we put gasoline to it, it didn't want to idle unless the choke was on, even after running for a few minutes. We also could not give it any throttle or it would die.
I read a post in the Mechanic's section of this site that suggests I have a vacuum leak - I will investigate it later tonight - it's quite plausible, especailly since it's sat for so long.
Anyways, I have tons of questions, and I will put them in their appropriate sub-forums.
Just wanted to introduce myself here in this thread.
Chad
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