So, this is what I have done so far: drained the oil and put in fresh oil, new clear oil feed lines, removed the pump and blew out a wad of crud, bleed the air out of the input line, put in a new check valve at the carb. Now I fired it up and it does seem to pump, just very very slowly, like an inch...

So, I just put the newly bored cylinder and piston in, put it all back together and started it up, runs grat, started second kick. My brother had suggested that I put a bit of oil in the tank for break in, and then double check to see that the injector pump was pumping oil. I loosened up the connect...

I pulled the flywheel and everything looked good, cleaned things up a bit, put it back together, checked the point gap and tried starting it again with no luck. Great looking spark. Decided to check the compression, it was very low, so pulled the head and cylinder off and took the piston out. The cy...

I will give that a try! Just have to get a flywheel puller first.
Thanks!

Fuel flows freely from the tank and filter. While kicking it over today it did kind of backfire once, maybe something with the ignition system, although I did clean and regap the points?

About a year ago I purchased a 02 road toad with 2500 mile on it, it had not operated in a number of years. After tuning it up (plugs, points, condenser), cleaning the tank and carb, etc, it ran really well, always starting on the first or second kick. Would merrily cruise along at 40-45 mph. I have...