Hi there,
I'm having trouble and hoping you can help.
I bought my daughter a used 2003 lt50 last week. We got it home and it ran pretty good and started up very easily.
After the first day of riding I decided to give it a complete tune up. I brought it into the shop and tore the whole thing down. I lubed all pivot points, cables, reassymbled the breaks(they were sticky/stiff), new carb hoses, new oil injector line, replaced the old injector oil with fresh oil, new spark plug etc.... you get the picture
I also removed the intake restrictor, replaced stock filter with a twin air, removed the extra pilot jet, and drilled out some extra holes in the air box to make it breath better. These were all mods that I did on my sons JR50 with no problem.
Anyway, I get the machine back together and it now will not start. It's really strange though. Here's what happens. I turn the choke on, I give the pull start approx 10 good pulls, the motor almost fires... then the pull start gets really difficult to pull. It feels like the clutch is engaged. If I keep on trying, after about 100 pulls, the pull starter will loosen up again. At this point I'll let it sit for 10 minutes because it's flooded (and my arms feel like they're going to fall off my shoulders from pulling )
I keep going in circles with the above steps. Every time it gets to that point that it almost fires - WHAM - the clutch engages and won't release... I ASSUME.
Does anyone have any ideas here. I got as far as pulling the right-side clutch cover off the bike last night.
Any help is appreciated here.
Thanks,
Pat