Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:04 pm
Well I guess you can say I am a little hard headed, but even I am starting to realize how much of a headache my quad has been. It has now been since the Florida GNCC and I still am not any closer to fixing my problem. Just to give you a slight background on this. I went and totally rebuilt my motor after the 12 hr race last November. Took the quad out with a new motor and ran it at Rausch Creek for better than 8hrs of total riding time. Quad ran flawless. Went to Florida and found that a used Pingel that I added to the quad was bad. Raced down there and completed one lap and the quad died. Right at about 40 mins. Ran great prior to that. Well I tested the charging system and changed the battery, cleaned all the connections and retightened everything. Went to Georgia GNCC and the same thing. Came home checked some more stuff changed out all the quick connects to Boomers style and replaced all the hose to the pump and from the regulator. Went to NC GNCC and the same thing. Doug and Randy who were there were both scratching their heads and going I dunno. They gave me some ideas and I continued.
Now it has been several weeks for me of no riding let alone all the racing I am missing a good portion of my racing season. I am convinced a little gremlin is bouncing around laughing at me.
Now onto this past saturday. Went to a local place to test the quad out and rode it till she farted out. Noticed the fuel pump was hot and she was trying to start, but not quite getting it done. Now I have changed all the fuel line put new injectors in ( I had them laying around), put the MSD fuel pump on and other little goodies so it is now safe to say it is not the fuel system now. Feeling confident that I got this ******* fixed I went to go ride it yeterday with the help of GNCCBlaze440 and 311Racer. She didn't even make one f***ing lap ran great till it backfired once and cut out. Now it won't even start at all. I am going freaking backwards. I love riding my cannondale, but when is enough enough? Most people would be pissed I went past that point a while ago. Now I just don't care. I have been working and working on this and am no closer to the end result than when I left for Florida. Disappointed is the cleanest word I can use. I am now missing another local race this saturday and am in rush mode to get another ride ready for next weekend. I will not miss another race.
So feel free to comment or post ideas and I will be sure to try them. Also if it doesn't get fixed soon I will be parting it out. As much as it hurts to say that I just can't take this anymore!
Now it has been several weeks for me of no riding let alone all the racing I am missing a good portion of my racing season. I am convinced a little gremlin is bouncing around laughing at me.
Now onto this past saturday. Went to a local place to test the quad out and rode it till she farted out. Noticed the fuel pump was hot and she was trying to start, but not quite getting it done. Now I have changed all the fuel line put new injectors in ( I had them laying around), put the MSD fuel pump on and other little goodies so it is now safe to say it is not the fuel system now. Feeling confident that I got this ******* fixed I went to go ride it yeterday with the help of GNCCBlaze440 and 311Racer. She didn't even make one f***ing lap ran great till it backfired once and cut out. Now it won't even start at all. I am going freaking backwards. I love riding my cannondale, but when is enough enough? Most people would be pissed I went past that point a while ago. Now I just don't care. I have been working and working on this and am no closer to the end result than when I left for Florida. Disappointed is the cleanest word I can use. I am now missing another local race this saturday and am in rush mode to get another ride ready for next weekend. I will not miss another race.
So feel free to comment or post ideas and I will be sure to try them. Also if it doesn't get fixed soon I will be parting it out. As much as it hurts to say that I just can't take this anymore!