I,m having trouble with the handling. i got the bike about 6 months ago and have never been happy with the bikes handling, the previous owner has put a new rear hagon shock on and i have replaced the rear boot which has helped a little and intend to replace the front both of which were both newish and had v good tread but felt square. i'm not sure if it is the rear shock or not and am not sure how to adjust it or if it is the shock. all bearings and ok front and rear and head. any help is welcome. andy

check for sticking floats and float valves to sort out the spitting gas and lift the needles by 1 or 2 notches to sort the 4000-6000 problem

It needs smaller jets, it is over fuelling.

Start with the carbs. Old gas is a carb killer. Probably the lowest Jets in teh carb bowls are gummed up.

Check your plugs when that happen and see if they are wet or dry. If they are wet that means that you have too much fuel and that is the problem. If they are dry then it's probably something electrical....

I think it is just faulty, take it to the stealer to get it repaired.

The fuse on the starter solenoid is the main fuse for the bike. If that fuse was removed and replaced with a wire, you could melt down the entire harness or even burn up the cycle. The short that was popping the fuse has probably melted part of the harness or popped fuses in another part of the bike. Start checking in the main fuse box in the fake tank for shorts. Also check the solenoid with the main fuse for melt down, good luck.

try new fuel & plugs...

Hello,

Be sure there is a voltage regulator/rectifier in your system.
Its a little aluminium block with small cooling fins, and should be fixed with contact on the chassis.

You can take every regulator, even from a moped for a simple electric circuit.
You just have to know if your bike was a 6V or a 12V one

Otherwise, you can easily make a regulator by yourself, a diode bridge, and a 12V regulator from your local electronics shop.

Does this knocking sound change/subside when you pull in the clutch lever? As the clutch baskets wear or go bad they develop free play between the basket and the drive gear that is riveted to it. Since you don't know ''dick" about bikes i suggest you either pick up a shop manual or go see dick, who hopefully knows more than you! Internet diagnosis can git a bit complex, especially when you don't know your way around the machine! You may get a ton of suggestions but following them thru may be beyond you abilities?