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1980 cb900 honda

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:58 pm
by meanmossberg
engine runs poorly,sat for number of years in a garage now engine runs like its okay at first when.its cold as it warms up it will not take gas or it stalls carbs cleaned and rebuilt not flooding new battery,could i have coil crcked or spark boxs bad????

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:47 am
by txbadboy
what do your plugs look like? and is there a chance it might be overheating? if it runs ok cold, and poorly when it warms up, you might be running rich, also.

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:44 pm
by flynrider
Overheating is unlikely. That CB900 has an air cooled engine. It would have to idle for a looong time on a hot day to overheat.

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:07 pm
by txbadboy
agreed..didnt know it was air cooled.