Recent content by WFox93

Welp, After spending a few hours doing top-end timing today it still doesn't start. Just sits there and cranks and cranks. it is sparking and we resorted to pouring a small bit of fuel in the cylinders to try and get it to fire. Things aren't looking good for this bike. The only thing I can...

My Seca is accompanied by my dads '14 or '15 Honda CTX 700 and his girlfriend's '03 Honda Rebel 250. As far as car goes my daily is just boring Jetta but my dad and I are currently building a '73 standard beetle and have a '71 super vert that we changed our minds on building. And since this is...

as far as starting with a dead battery (assuming you don't have a kickstart [I think they start with a dead battery]) you'd have to bump or pop start it. Just like a manual car, get it rolling in gear with the clutch pushed in then pop the clutch, or release it quickly. Cars are a bit easier...

Yeah like I had mentioned, that was my first thought ... Wasn't that simple. Or atleast per my dad it wasn't. I was at work while he was working on it. He supposedly tried that. I may need to go and try it again just to be sure.

Well we only had the bottom part of the casing apart but now that you say the whole thing could easily be 180 degrees out that does make sense as my first thought was "maybe the plug wires ended up on the wrong sides when the engine was out. I'll have to investigate the timing theory in more...

I'm gonna bump this thread rather than starting a new one since the issue is somewhat related. Finally got everything back together, it turned out to be an issue where the starter clutch rotor was cracked, replaced it, test cranked the motor on the bench and it cranked no problem. Got the...

Thank you and yes I do intend to keep her mostly stock. If I do anything aside from repairs to get it running right. I'll be replacing the broken side panel in the right side of the bike. And there are a couple small dents in the tank on that side as well. From there I'd like to either plasti...

Found the problem: That's the rotor on the backside of the starter clutch and the gear has a similar crack. I have ordered a new whole assembly off ebay. and here she sits now :(

Thanks for the links there I'll have look more into the sprockets and what not on eBay. Unfortunately the starter clutch replacement thread there is absolutely useless for the later model DOHC like mine. Rather than the clutch being located conveniently on the side of the engine we had to split...

Thanks for the welcome guys, Unfortunately things were not as good as I initially thought. she currently sits in my garage in a couple dozen pieces. Just as we finally got everything together to get it inspected, she quit starting. Upon going to replace the starter clutch we found that there...

Just like the title says my newly acquired seca is not starting. My dad and I had just finished cleaning up the carbs and doing other necessary work to get this bike safe and legal to ride when we went for the all important test fire when we were greeted by a sound best compared to blending only...

Awesome, thanks for the replies and clarification there. I really like that look. I'll have to keep that system in mind when I start modding.

Interesting. The only MAC system I've seen was where the pipes came down and went together under the engine like this one.

So I was doing some looking at different secas the other day to get some ideas on what direction I wanted to take mine once I started modding it. I stumbled on and old sale ad with a 2 into 1 system that looks really good. Trouble is I have spent a couple hours each day trying to find what its...

Hey guys, Just wanted to introduce myself and my new (to me anyway) 83 Seca. Just under 14k Miles. She needs some attention with a few things but all in all seems pretty solid. This is my first bike too so I plan to be learning a lot with this one. Here's a quick pic that I snapped...