sorry in advance for the long question
I just bought a 90 exciter as my first sled to own. I've been riding my family's 85 bravo since i was a kid, but this is the first one i've been on for any time with any power. when I picked it up and brought it to a friends house to have his dad look at it because he owned 2 back in the day and still has one, and knows them inside out and backwards, it ran great. He told me the engine was really strong, the clutching just needed to be played with because it was slow to backshift and shifted out at around 6800. i took it for a couple of short rides while it was there, and it had one issue where it didnt have any power coming across a field, but after i let off the throttle and went again, it was fine. after i brought it home, the next time i went to ride it i started having issues. it idles fine, and puts around the yard okay, but whenever i tried to get it anywhere above about 10 mph it would just bog, to the point where it would actually stop moving while i was still on the throttle. It wouldn't die, but i couldnt even bring the idle up until it idles for about 15 seconds, then i could atleast get it home, very slowly. I thought maybe the fuel pump was dying or ice in the lines, so i put some gas line antifreeze in it, but to no avail. when I went to pull the airbox off, i notice there was a fair amount of fuel on the carb boots. so after some more looking around, i found one of the plug caps was a 1k ohm, so i replaced both of them and put new plugs in. i took it for a ride at about -25 Celsius late at night, and it seemed like i fixed it. but apparently not, because when i took it out again yesterday, it wont rev much past 4000, unless i snap it and spin the track, and even then i only ever got about 5900 when it was spinning. on a hard packed road, i can snap it and go relatively fast, but its hard to say if it will maintain because i havent had much room. but if i try to roll onto it at all, it will bog at around 4000 and stay there. also, if i snap it to about 3 quarter throttle, it will rev for a second, then bog back to 4000. I also put new buttons in the secondary and cleaned it, because the helix was riding on metal. i have had the left side carb off to clean it, and it looked spotless, but havent gotten to the right side yet. today in -10 i can start it stone cold at half choke, shut it off immediately, and it will stay running, so maybe choke problems ? also, it starts very easily every time, normally first or second pull, but sometimes it will start on one cylinder for about 10 seconds then catch the other one.
again, i sincerely apologize for the huge question, i just didnt want to miss anything. Any and all help is greatly appreciated
I just bought a 90 exciter as my first sled to own. I've been riding my family's 85 bravo since i was a kid, but this is the first one i've been on for any time with any power. when I picked it up and brought it to a friends house to have his dad look at it because he owned 2 back in the day and still has one, and knows them inside out and backwards, it ran great. He told me the engine was really strong, the clutching just needed to be played with because it was slow to backshift and shifted out at around 6800. i took it for a couple of short rides while it was there, and it had one issue where it didnt have any power coming across a field, but after i let off the throttle and went again, it was fine. after i brought it home, the next time i went to ride it i started having issues. it idles fine, and puts around the yard okay, but whenever i tried to get it anywhere above about 10 mph it would just bog, to the point where it would actually stop moving while i was still on the throttle. It wouldn't die, but i couldnt even bring the idle up until it idles for about 15 seconds, then i could atleast get it home, very slowly. I thought maybe the fuel pump was dying or ice in the lines, so i put some gas line antifreeze in it, but to no avail. when I went to pull the airbox off, i notice there was a fair amount of fuel on the carb boots. so after some more looking around, i found one of the plug caps was a 1k ohm, so i replaced both of them and put new plugs in. i took it for a ride at about -25 Celsius late at night, and it seemed like i fixed it. but apparently not, because when i took it out again yesterday, it wont rev much past 4000, unless i snap it and spin the track, and even then i only ever got about 5900 when it was spinning. on a hard packed road, i can snap it and go relatively fast, but its hard to say if it will maintain because i havent had much room. but if i try to roll onto it at all, it will bog at around 4000 and stay there. also, if i snap it to about 3 quarter throttle, it will rev for a second, then bog back to 4000. I also put new buttons in the secondary and cleaned it, because the helix was riding on metal. i have had the left side carb off to clean it, and it looked spotless, but havent gotten to the right side yet. today in -10 i can start it stone cold at half choke, shut it off immediately, and it will stay running, so maybe choke problems ? also, it starts very easily every time, normally first or second pull, but sometimes it will start on one cylinder for about 10 seconds then catch the other one.
again, i sincerely apologize for the huge question, i just didnt want to miss anything. Any and all help is greatly appreciated
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