Well, I got some more work done on my 550. I tried to balance the carbs with my vacuum gauges. It was hard because I don't have any dampener valves, so I pinched the lines...I got them reasonably close, but will do a better job when I get my valves.
Anyway, got the pilots screws all at stock again, balanced carbs and had to do some paint touch ups, so for the hecked of it I checked my valve clearances. All on the far loose end of spec, which was to be expected because that's how they were last time. Also checked float height again (must be the 5th time in a week) and they are all 3.5mm +/- a hair from the gasket. (this ok Lou?)
Haven't taken it for another ride, but afer reading lou's last post, I'm not sure if I was less than 4k when I cracked it to WOT... I'll have to pay closer attention next time. I did pull the plugs and took a look. They were orginally sooty, but have since recovered an I'd say they look just a little on the lean side of ok. But I have had alot of idling and WOT beating, no nice normal riding around, so I'm not sure how useful reading them would be at this point.
A guy at work says my bog issue is because it's lean (which my pipe crackling supports) and when I go WOT it gets a shot or air but no more fuel, thus making it miss. I would think though I would have a hanging idle and other issues if it was that bad.
If it doesn't rain tonight I'll take it out for another test run. I gotta be careful because it still has an Iowa title (we lived there for a few yrs, back in WI now) and isn't registered or insured... my luck it'll strand me or I'll hit a deer or something.
