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should have stayed home
turtle22:
so i got the kx5's rear shock fixed(replaced the spring) we go to truckee(about 100miles from my house) to ride(elevation 3500' or so)i gear up and go to start the bike, the first kick told me something was not right. i did ever trick i know(and i have a couple for my old boy) and its a no go. so we pull start it. the bike fire and runs but i can tell that the power is not there. i ride for 5 minutes or so hoping the bike will get used to the elevation(i ride higher on the same jetting all the time)but the bike just dies.pulled the plug. it was fauled(but not to bad) we tried the air mix screw(half turn in). nothing. after cleaning the plug(twice) i go in to truckee(while my friends ride) the motorcycle store is closed & auto parts place did not carry it. so 200 miles for 5minutes. not good.
im going to put a new plug in it(any one got a good hot plug type that i should run?) but any ony got any ideas on other things to look for to provent this in the future? thanks for the help
jfabmotorsports.com:
--- Quote from: turtle22 on June 28, 2009, 01:17:28 PM --- it was fauled(but not to bad) we tried the air mix screw(half turn in). nothing.
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OOOOPS "1/2 turn in" made it richer. :-o Shame on you!
wreck-n-roll rik:
No lie here but I'm still running the same plug after 2 years an NKG Iridium BR8EIX. I just took it out today because the bike flood out after getting knocked over and laying on it's side. I bough a cheap champion in becaue I could not get an NKG and can tell the difference - blaaaaaaaa.
turtle22:
--- Quote from: jfabmotorsports.com on June 28, 2009, 02:02:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: turtle22 on June 28, 2009, 01:17:28 PM --- it was fauled(but not to bad) we tried the air mix screw(half turn in). nothing.
--- End quote ---
OOOOPS "1/2 turn in" made it richer. :-o Shame on you!
--- End quote ---
wait,i thought if u turned it in it redused the fuel going in to the cylinder. making up for the thinner air
jfabmotorsports.com:
Don?t get me lying! But if it is a PWK, the screw is an AIR screw. Turning it in shuts off the air to the idle circuit thus richening it. On an FCR it is like you would think. Maybe a few of the real gurus will back me up and if I am wrong, I do have a good recipe for crow.
JFAB
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