Hawk dlx engine problems

[Pharaoh]

the mechanic is just the guy that built it that i bought it from and he works on his bikes for a hobby hes stopping by tomorrow im defiantly starting with the values but when i try to started it now something in the cylinder sounds clogged but the only that was change was the transmission fluid and the trip and i put premium gas in it

[Zynice]

Originally Posted by Pharaoh

the mechanic is just the guy that built it that i bought it from and he works on his bikes for a hobby hes stopping by tomorrow im defiantly starting with the values but when i try to started it now something in the cylinder sounds clogged but the only that was change was the transmission fluid and the trip and i put premium gas in it

I feel ya. How was the spark plug before you changed it? If it was fouled or had a lot of black soot(carbon type shit) built up on it could be an indication it had oil in the compression chamber. Premium shouldnt really make a difference unless the bike has been heavily modified. 87 works fine for stock imo. But yeah definetly check the valves. For me, mine were too tight for a bit (forgot about it). But it still ran. Not sure what could be causing a clogged sound, havent experienced that myself on a bike. Besides maybe its not getting enough air..... Actually there is one thing i could possibly think of. The air box. Idk if the dlx has it but I assume it would. Theres a hose coming off the rear part of the engine next to the starter that goes into the air box. It could be flooding the air box with oil. Can try pulling off the portion to the air box and if oil flows out that can definetly be an issue

[Pharaoh]

it was pretty black and dirty i also did notice when i cleaned the throttle body that the air intake had not oil but gas in it not to mention i only cleaned it because i thought it was the carb i feel like im getting closer and closer to the answer

[Zynice]

Originally Posted by Pharaoh

it was pretty black and dirty i also did notice when i cleaned the throttle body that the air intake had not oil but gas in it not to mention i only cleaned it because i thought it was the carb i feel like im getting closer and closer to the answer

Gotcha gotcha. Im not super super familiar with efi models. But id welll assume its probably something faulty with the fueling system. Having gas in the air box/air intake is not ideal whatsoever. If I were you when your mechanic comes over tomorrow Id definetly mention that to em. Honestly dont know what would cause gas to go there (carb kinda guy lol). I do know that having the spark plug be black and dirty could also be running too rich(too much fuel). Which would make sense since theres gas in the air intake. But how it got there I cant say for certain. Which would also explain not being able to get to higher rpms for sure. If theres too much gas and not enough air it aint gonna run right. Way too much gas (Flooded) and it just dont do shit lol. Could be the reason it started now is that old gas inside the compression chamber had evaporated off to the point where it wasnt flooded