'74 GT550 rebuild - Project Gaki

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Re: '74 GT550 rebuild - Project Gaki

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Pulled the bike out after a little hiatus from working on it. Made sure that I will do some work now since I made my side of the garage a bike shop until I am able to get the bike running consistantly. That means I have to park the truck outside, which sucks since it is coming into the cold months.

Anyway, the exhaust is on and tight, the carbs are nice and clean. Everything is set to what it should be. Though... it's not firing.

Had the bike firing when I had the exhaust off...

Right now, I have spark and I have wet spark plugs from trying to start the thing. Haven't found anything while searching, but I am leaning toward bad gas since I know there is at least enough oxygen (air) getting to the combustion chamber to ignite fuel, even a little... Am I on the correct path?

OR, should I do a compression check (again) to make sure everything is happy happy happy?
1974 Suzuki GT550 project
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