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Post by foreman450 on Oct 14, 2004 21:20:13 GMT -5
hey everyone this is my first post. i just got a new foreman s. well new too me it is an 02. i got it today for a really good price. it has 28-10.5-12 front outlaws and 28-12-12 outlaws on the rear and itp wheels. i really love it. but i have a few questions. first is when i start it up and let it warm up it sometimes misses when iding what could be wrong. second when ever i cut it off it sometimes it back fires and sounds like something is spining in the engine. is that normal. thanks for the help guys i love the site! ;D
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Post by 1badrancher on Oct 14, 2004 21:40:19 GMT -5
my rancher does that sometimes after ridding it kinda hard. when i turn it off it doesnt make the loud pop. is makes silent type of backfire. but i guess the piston was just letting some of the exausht out
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Post by Foreman Rider on Oct 14, 2004 21:59:13 GMT -5
Well, foreman450 first of all id like to welcome you to Team Bad Foreman Forum. Sounds like you got a good bike from the sounds of it. If you want to be a TBF member all you got to do is pm James a.k.a. HondaForemanNo1.
Just say your username, some pics of your bike, and the list of accessories you got on it.
Once again welcome to the site!!
Later,
Ethan
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Post by BadForeman on Oct 15, 2004 22:04:37 GMT -5
Welcome Foreman450 to Team Bad Foreman!! I'm Chad- BadForeman. I'm one of the owners of Team Bad Foreman with James. I may not have a Foreman and might not be able to get one, but I sure do know a lot about them. Have fun and welcome!!
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Post by Jake on Nov 28, 2004 14:02:35 GMT -5
The spinning sound is either your primary (centrifugal) clutch, or your starter clutch, sometimes both. It has to do with the one-way roller clutch within each of them. It's quite normal.
Is the backfire when turning off like a pronounced "pow", like a gunshot, or is it more of a "thwump", like when you use too much gasoline to light the barbeque?
the pow (backfire) should be given due consideration, but the "thwump" , while not ideal, is pretty normal and in the real world you'll never eliminate it completely.
If the backfire continues past the break-in (and the end-of-break-in service, including valve adjustment), then I would recommend fine tuning the slow jet (pilot jet). It's hard to give a direction, since it's upside down under the carb, but you would want to "unscrew" the needle, probably not more than an eighth of a turn. (looks like a screw head, and I think it's covered in the owners manual). If it takes more than 3/16 of a turn (half way between 1/8 and 1/4), then I'm off base and you should consider other solutions.
Also, while signifigant backfiring is a problem and should be fixed, a backfire once in a blue moon is pretty much normal, given the design parameters of any bike made that isn't fuel injected, and (I believe) most that are fuel injected.
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