got it running!?

[ponytail]

;D after much tinkering and cussin, it runs.its alive sam rebuilt my carb,very nice. i only have 1 set of points,the front set they are set deeper than the rear set.is this right,still waiting for the other set. still working on getting thr cables set.man are thay a cluster @#$%& or what, i have read sum threads on adjusting them and i am still duh i need to be walked through this like a 3 year old trying to tie his shoes the motor starts smartly and will take throttle,but the idle is is well ugly not really smooth.can a wankel miss? i realize the cable adj will fix everything above idle but it runs not so nice. i have not checked the ignition timing yet,no manual yet,same guy who is sending me the points is also slow about the manuel i ordered. any advice would be appr. marc 1976 re5

[shavron]

Glad to hear she is running.

[stappy]

When I was a kid my dad bought an RE5 new in the crate in 1978(79?). He worked at a dealership and it is the only new bike he ever bought (ever). We had a long sloping driveway so the bike would idle all the way down the hill and it had such a distinctive thumpada thumpada sound that I just fell in love with. Recently I started perusing the You Tube stuff on RE5's and NO ONE had a proper idling RE5 in the bunch. Even Jay Leno's bike had to be revved above the thumpada threshold. If you have it down where it is making that sound I would LOVE to hear it again.

[Crusader]

I had that thumpada noise when i drop the idle to around 800 - 900 rpm but my understanding is that its supposed to be at 1500rpm where the yellow lines finish?

[stappy]

Well... Service bulletin #RE9 July 11th 1975 states RPM should be at 1200 rpm and may have a slight "lope" to the idle but will cause no problems.
Guess I have to wait until I get one running to see what she sounds like again.

[ponytail]

still has a high idle have tryied adjusting everything going to pull the carb and chech the intake gasket