wiredgeorge wrote:The bike is running good. Your insulators are white and not sooted up... and why is it you want to mess with the jetting? If you see a bit of soot, what octane gas are you using? What voltage do you have at your coils? Have you checked your valve clearances? What compression did you see when you checked it?
WG, sorry, just learning as I go here. From what I read, if the insulator is pure white (no tan whatsoever), that indicates lean. That's why I asked.
To answer your questions...
Octane: 87 (the soot I see is only around the outer ring--none on the insulator or tip which are both pure white.
Coil Voltage: ~12 (did relay mod)
Clearances: Good
Compression: Well, here's the deal. I don't know if you remember, but a few months ago, after I had finished my top-end rebuild, I posted my concern that my compression was reading quite low (<100PSI). At that time, I think you and/or others told me not to worry about it until I had several hundred miles on the bike. It has been running well since that time. I put on about 1000 miles since the rebuild, and I thought it was time I check the compression again.
No change. All cyls still <100PSI. So I'm thinking my el-cheapo Harbor Freight compression guage is not giving me good data. So my next step is to go borrow my uncle's guage and see if I get anything different.
Last night, since I had the carbs off anyway, I went ahead and reclipped the needles at 4. Didn't notice much performance difference on the way to work today. But I'll check the plugs later, and do a full throttle-chop exam.
Post edited by: Skyman, at: 2007/05/31 12:39
