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bandit88:
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on May 20, 2016, 12:02:14 PM ---no, you need to take the pipe off, and look up inside the exhaust port, and see if the side valves are opening and closing precisely the same.
when you were assembling the KIPS in the cylinder, there's "timing" marks that need to be lined up...grooves on the govener rod, and "marks" on the side valves....
but if you can see that they're opening and closing correctly and precisely the same, through the exhaust port, you should be good.
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Yep, used the timing marks when assembling the cylinder and checked that last night when i pulled the pipe to take the kips cover off to check the governor functionality. Im hoping to ride tomorrow to do a plug chop and do a road test.
Foxx4Beaver:
keep us posted. :mrgreen:
S38B38:
Even with 15/42 gearing I don't get any traction on dirt until 5th gear...when it does finally stop spitting out gravel like a snow blower it's like warp speed
bandit88:
Plug chop looked near perfect. Not sure what speed I had it up to since my gps was broken but I would guess 70ish, was still accelerating. Got it to wheelie in third but took a little work with the throttle. Starting to think that it is just the way it is, and to ride it as is until I get the cylinder replated in the winter. Was just expecting it to be more unmanageable.
Foxx4Beaver:
something doesn't sound right....I can get mine to wheelie in any gear, even at 60+mph, with ease...granted my motor is far from stock, thanks to Pinnsonault, Pro Circuit, CrankWorks....but when I bought it in 2011, it was stock, and sacked out, and would still wheelie with ease in any gear.
as Motorrad mentioned...maybe you're losing traction...easy enough to determine, just look back over your shoulder whilst you're on the gas.
your clutch isn't slipping is it?
how bad is your cylinder?...you mention getting it re-plated in the winter...have you done a compression test to find out where it's at?
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