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Here's a new question. If this problem is caused by a low idle, how do I measure the idle speed in order to correct it? The bike has no tachometer.
I have no way of knowing what the idle speed was on the day the bike died, but it was much closer to a lumpy Harley frequency than the smooth sound I heard on the Youtube video. It was barely turning over. I'm going to see if I can get the handheld tach to work. I will have to find something in there that I can put a piece of reflective tape on.
There is a regulator/frame ground connection at the regulator also. Make sure the regulator has a good solid mechanical ground, through the attachment bolts. I clean mine up at the start of the season. Nothing fancy, I use a bit of 400 wet/dry sandpaper glued to a popsicle stick.
I am not offended. I mention Harleys because I have a mechanic who works on all sorts of bikes (mostly crotch rockets), and the only bike he has done significant work on for me is a Harley. He put tires on the Guzzi and changed the brake fluid, but that's about it. He has gone through the Harley's carb and done a couple of other things with it.I try to judge his competence by the Harley, since I have no other reference. The first time it came back, the throttle cables weren't adjusted and the enrichener cable was broken. I had to fiddle with it a bit, but I didn't have to mess with the bulk of his work. By Miami standards, that's a home run.
.. but they are *different."
Like the owners :-)
The only humming noise I ever heard on a California was when the electric fuel petcock was giving out and the fuel pump was straining to push fuel through...I replaced it with a manual petcock from MG cycle.http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30&products_id=39
The bike is now back at the shop. They quoted me $44 for checking it out and setting the idle speed. I can't complain about that. Once they get done with it, I'll go over it as well as I can and see if anything is still screwed up.
Alright; no one likes my suggestion but someone did mention the ignition switch, which is part of the relay circuit problem, so I will stick my nose in again:Does the Jackal have the circuit which runs from start switch to start relay to ignition switch to left sidewall of the rear tire, then to the start solenoid and sometimes has so much resistance it won't work the starter? A lot do, and modifying the relay on my Strada caused a dramatic change: The silly thing has worked after that! Someone told me if the starter solenoid pulled the problem was not that relay circuit but the Strada's starter solenoid made a good sounding "clunk" and could be felt banging into the energized position. The starter just would not turn. Headlight would go dim, so a lot of power was being sucked without doing what needed doing. Is the Jackal wired the same?
Someone told me if the starter solenoid pulled the problem was not that relay circuit but the Strada's starter solenoid made a good sounding "clunk" and could be felt banging into the energized position. The starter just would not turn. Headlight would go dim, so a lot of power was being sucked without doing what needed doing. Is the Jackal wired the same?