All good advice, rbarchi. +1

 

Once bitten, twice shy. Thanks.
I did not put the advice about putting all retrievers in the dog kennel. Had my old lab run off with a screw driver I dropped ..... another story

Ron

 

It's been posted that rejetting is black magic. That's just a euphemism for trial and error. Unfortunately, a particular jetting combo may work for one person's bike won't necessarily work on another.

Another couple pieces of advice for rejetting are:

- keep a log book of what you changed and the results from that change
- educate yourself on what the adjustments are supposed to do, like does raising the needle make the midrange leaner or richer?
- change only one thing at a time
- be prepared to pull the carb a dozen times or so

One can get a great deal of satisfaction from working on their own bike, I also find it relaxing. You also get knowledge of what happened to your bike, you never know wtf is happening to your bike in the dealer's shop.

Yes, the removal and replacement of the stock carb can be a PITA, but you'll get to be an old pro at it.

Yes, you'll break something occasionally too, but hopefully nothing too expensive to replace. I feel that worse part of breaking something is that the bike may be down for a while awaiting parts. When ordering parts, I sometimes purchase an extra screw, gasket, seal, etc... for just in case.