{"id":12089,"date":"2024-04-15T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2024-04-14T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T21:44:39","slug":"honda-will-get-the-care-it-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/honda-will-get-the-care-it-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Will Get The Care It Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I don’t normally ride without my jacket and helmet on but in this case it was just a short distance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

I have an appointment to get my 1980 Honda CB750 Custom in to the shop on Tuesday and it’s a good thing. I initially made the appointment to address the smoking that happens every time I start it up but now it seems to have another issue so that’s good timing.<\/p>\n

The smoking is a no-brainer. While it sits parked oil seeps past the valves into the cylinders and has to be burned out when the engine is fired up. So on Sunday I wanted to take it for a ride and I started it and let that smoke blow. Then I took off but it didn’t seem to be running right. I went around the bend, down the hill, turned right up a small hill and as I was turning right again it died. Dang! What now?<\/p>\n

It turned over and tried to start but just couldn’t. What now?<\/p>\n

I rolled it back and turned around and coasted down the hill I had just come up and stopped at the bottom to try to figure things out. Not just “what’s the problem?” but also “how do I get back home up our big hill?” As I was sitting there a woman came along walking her dog and asked if I was out of gas. I said no, it’s some other problem, and she walked on.<\/p>\n

Figuring I needed to get home no matter what I started pushing the bike along the level portion I needed to traverse. I figured I’d call Judy and ask her to come with her car and a tow rope I have, so she could then pull me up the hill. I called but just got her voicemail.<\/p>\n

As I was pushing it occurred to me that the woman with the dog may have helped solve my problem. Checking my trip meter I saw that I was right at the point where I typically need to go to reserve. That would explain the not running right issue. I flipped to Reserve and tried to start it but by now the battery had been run down from trying so hard before, so I was still going to need to get up the hill to home so I could connect it to the charger.<\/p>\n

I got to where there was nothing but uphill left in front of me and on a last hope tried starting it one more time. It started! I normally don’t ride without my helmet and jacket on and they were both off and hanging on the bike at this point but I wasn’t going to waste an opportunity, I left them hanging and jumped on, put it in gear, and roared on up the hill. Yahoo!<\/p>\n

OK, so all is good again, right? Well, maybe not. I put the charger on and gave it something more than an hour to put a bit more juice in the battery and then got on to go for the ride that had been cut short before. It ran strongly and I headed immediately for a gas station. By the time I reached the gas station, however, it was clear it was still not actually running right. I didn’t want to risk have it crap out on me again, only much, much further from home, so I just rode on back home and parked it till Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Maybe on Tuesday it will be running better. If not, it will just add to the total amount I end up paying the shop. Not wonderful but not the worst thing that could happen.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Imagine life without motorcycles. Now slap yourself and never do it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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