Carb Mod
#12
RE: Carb Mod
Yep, tank is off. I did manage to bugger up a phillips screw. It is the one holding on the chromebracket for the throttle cables on the right side of the carb. Probablyhad locktite on the threads. Will need to pick up a impact driver to get it off and replace it. Any thoughts on a good impact driver? Bigger hammer, now were talkin...
#14
RE: Carb Mod
Yup the carb is the biggest pain in the ***. I don't ever want to have to dig in to it again[:'(]. I got it working the way I like though so hopefully I will never need to take it out again. Hope everything is working out ok. The tank isn't hard either, but its really not as simple as it should be. For some reason I hate putting the tank back on too, its a pain also, but not even close to what the carb is.
I never took the carb off the bike, I did all my work leaving the carb on the bike.
I never took the carb off the bike, I did all my work leaving the carb on the bike.
#15
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RE: Carb Mod
ORIGINAL: Fishfinder
Yep, tank is off. I did manage to bugger up a phillips screw. It is the one holding on the chromebracket for the throttle cables on the right side of the carb. Probablyhad locktite on the threads. Will need to pick up a impact driver to get it off and replace it. Any thoughts on a good impact driver? Bigger hammer, now were talkin...
Yep, tank is off. I did manage to bugger up a phillips screw. It is the one holding on the chromebracket for the throttle cables on the right side of the carb. Probablyhad locktite on the threads. Will need to pick up a impact driver to get it off and replace it. Any thoughts on a good impact driver? Bigger hammer, now were talkin...
i'm gonna take my bike in for warranty work to fix the throttle and find out why my rear brake will hardly work. this April i'll have to do it since the warranty is up around the middle of that month. don't give up on that carb, it's a real pain but it's really not that hard once you look at how it came out and where all the hoses go. also, make sure you did all of the carb mods. while you have it out, you should do the crankcase breather mod. do it with a torch and a set of vise grips holding a drill bit of the right size and it takes all of 10 seconds and there's no mess. of course, then you'll want a hi-flo air filter like twin air or Uni-filter. good luck. the payoff is real nice.
#16
RE: Carb Mod
Carb is back on with the following changes. N1TC Needle set at second slot - #128 Main jet - #40 pilot - Koubalink T handle air screw - slide vent drilled 7/64 - DeSmogged - K&N with backfire screen removed - Crankcase mod with PCV valve and Uni filter to the outside - High flow snorkel - Muzzy full system - Carb Y mod - and Utah Skid Plate. I need to adjust the throttle cables today and put the tank back on. Then thebig test, will it start You guys have been a great help as well as a bad influence. Butthis is what it is all about, the "fun factor". And I only have 170 miles on this thing. Thanks again..
#17
RE: Carb Mod
damn...you did it all...hope you took lots of pics [sm=wootwoot.gif]
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#18
RE: Carb Mod
Now comes the fun part when you figure out that one of the settings is off and you have to dig back in to the carb to get it right, argggg[:@]. Lol, hopefully everything was done right the 1st time, I remember I had to dig in about 3 times before all was good.
#19
RE: Carb Mod
Incabiker,
Hopefully I read enough of yours/everyone's past posts and have the jetting right. I did notice that when I replaced the air screw that the factory one was bottomed out. I wonder how the bike ever ran like that. And it did run good. Another thing that I might mention is the fork settings. One was set on 12 clicks and the other 7 clicks. I changed them both to 4 for my 185 lb carcass.
Hopefully I read enough of yours/everyone's past posts and have the jetting right. I did notice that when I replaced the air screw that the factory one was bottomed out. I wonder how the bike ever ran like that. And it did run good. Another thing that I might mention is the fork settings. One was set on 12 clicks and the other 7 clicks. I changed them both to 4 for my 185 lb carcass.
#20
RE: Carb Mod
ORIGINAL: Fishfinder
Incabiker,
Hopefully I read enough of yours/everyone's past posts and have the jetting right. I did notice that when I replaced the air screw that the factory one was bottomed out. I wonder how the bike ever ran like that. And it did run good. Another thing that I might mention is the fork settings. One was set on 12 clicks and the other 7 clicks. I changed them both to 4 for my 185 lb carcass.
Incabiker,
Hopefully I read enough of yours/everyone's past posts and have the jetting right. I did notice that when I replaced the air screw that the factory one was bottomed out. I wonder how the bike ever ran like that. And it did run good. Another thing that I might mention is the fork settings. One was set on 12 clicks and the other 7 clicks. I changed them both to 4 for my 185 lb carcass.
Did you adjust out the rear shock compression and rebound settings as well??