You probably have the brake light hooked up to the rev limiter switch in the throttle
and probably the brake light switch hooked up to the rev limiter, its easy to, i know because I've done it.

will this work?
81 specs

You could also have a fuel pump with a bad diaphragm
the fuel would then leak down the pulse line into the crank case

well at least it stopped me from thinking about it haha....
o well, i guess I'll just put it in and see what happens, worst thing that could happen i guess is that i get stranded and have to tow it back.

I got a track for a spitfire for free, its in one piece, and it all looks pretty good, but since it has sat for a long time in a shop it looks dry. is there anything you can do for it?

Do you think it could be excess cylinder to piston clearance? I had experience with an engine, had good compression, 120 on both sides, started up fine, but bogged so bad at the end of its life that it couldn't even drive anymore. took the exhaust and y-pipe off, and looked at the pistons, found the...

The steel inner part is loose from the outer part. The middle picture shows it the best.
Thanks for the offer on a NOS one. How much do you want for one? Ill let you know if i end up needing one.

KEN

I dont know if any of you remember my problem with my belt flying apart on my 80 liquifire in december, but i believe i found the problem. I took the engine out of the sled and found that the motor mount is separtating, the rubber from the steel. http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r150/kenv56/John%2...

Previous post Well today I replaced the main jet washer, i lost mine and just used a steel one, after putting in a brass one i havent had the problem yet and I went for a long time. Mabey i should say this different. There was a steel washer in because I lost the first brass one Now I replaced the s...

Thats an old picture. The lever is actually upside down in the picture. Thats all set up now.

Probably not the right term but I posted a picture that should help

Well today I replaced the main jet washer, i lost mine and just used a steel one, after putting in a brass one i havent had the problem yet and I went for a long time. After riding I pulled the plugs and the PTO side is very light and the MAG side looks good. I find this very strange as the PTO side...

What he is saying is that the powerband of the engine is at 4000 - 6500 and after that the engine does not make as much horse power. So the clutch engages in the power band and starts the sled off and the secondary clutch keeps the rpms in that range during acceleration to have maximum acceleration ...

well i changed the muffler with a different one and it still does the same thing. So i put in brand new plugs and set the gap to .025" and still no difference.

Okay the oil pump lines were right, and changeing the CDI made no difference at all. This is really confusing me.