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[treybrad]

You did my carbs a while back for just the slip on and stock air box. I'm rejetting this weekend to 150's and maybe another washer (how can I tell if I need it? It'll be lean if I need another one right?) for the lunchbox.

And.. I just used the wheelies as a reference more than anything. I just noticed that the wheel wanted to come up a couple times after I put on the smaller front sprocket and was "testing" it out...    That certainly doesn't happen on a regular basis, definitely not every tank.

trey

[The Buddha]

OK I might have set the floats high ... they do actually wear and go higher too ... not sure how much that can happen in such short time ...
Check and see where it is ... before adjusting ... Now you dropped 1 tooth or how may in front, and how many in the back... I have mine geared a shade taller ... and I forgot ... a 80 series tire in the back...
1 washer under needle is fine for pods or lunch box ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[Kerry]

treybrad, forgive me for not already knowing / remembering this, but when was your last valve clearance check?  I ask because richard's MPG really suffered with a pair of tight exhaust valves.  When we set that right ... voila!

On the other hand, richard's power suffered with the tight valves too; he had trouble going up hills, or keeping up with freeway traffic.  Your 15-tooth sprocket may mask a little bit of power loss, but not a large amount I wouldn't think.

Anyway, I don't want to make too much of the valve thing (it's getting to be like having a hammer and looking for a nail to hit) but I thought I'd ask.

[treybrad]

One tooth down up front, stock rear and a brand new chain. Stock size, 130/70, new rear tire.

I'll check the floats before I take the carbs off so I can adjust them at the same time, I'm assuming the manual tells me how to do that...

Ideally you want the floats to be set exactly where the two metal parts (gasket) come together on the bowls right? Not where the top piece flattens out like in Kerry's pic..?

trey

[treybrad]

Kerry- yes, my clearances are on the tight side. I haven't found a feeler that is small enough for 3 of the valves, but the shims spin freely in their buckets. So those are >0mm and <.038mm. My throttle side intake valve is on the loose end of the spectrum, right at .08mm. I'm actually glad you reminded me of that. I can renew my hunt for a smaller feeler guage over the break...

trey

[Kerry]

I'll check the floats before I take the carbs off so I can adjust them at the same time, I'm assuming the manual tells me how to do that...

If you have the Clymer you may appreciate this second resource (from the Haynes manual).  See Step 7 and Diagram 9.7.

[Kerry]

Kerry- yes, my clearances are on the tight side. I haven't found a feeler that is small enough for 3 of the valves, but the shims spin freely in their buckets.

Oh, OK.  Well, one of richard's exhaust valves was off by 4 shim sizes, and the other by 2 or so.

I'd say look elsewhere for now.  :dunno:

[geekonabike]

OMG you're in Weatherford?! Man, I stopped in Weatherford while driving cross-country last year. Had breakfast at Jerry's diner. I ate a dinner-plate-sized cinnamon roll that's gotta be the best thing I ever tasted. Everyone was incredibly friendly -- it was one of the (many) high points of that trip. I still tell people about Jerry's in Weatherford, even though most people up here think I'm crazy.

I moved out here in January '00.  During my interview the previous November ('99), a fellow gave me a tour of the town, and danged if pretty much everyone waved to him as we drove around in his pickup.  I figured everyone knew him, which was almost true but not necessary to get a wave.  When I moved here, everyone waved to me too when they drove by.  At first I thought they assumed my car belonged to someone they knew, but no, it's what people do here.  Somehow if one of you is in a pickup truck it's really expected you wave.  Ditto police cars (well, if you're in the BACK of the squad car I don't know the protocol).  Somehow my Grand Marquis usually gets a wave, though my wife's little Nissan Sentra doesn't seem to require it, nor (for you Xenophobe accusers) does our Dodge minivan.  You feel like a piece of crud if you forget to wave to someone and they wave to you.

This is the certainly friendliest town I've ever been in.  It is true that you don't say anything you don't want repeated, but I think that's true about anywhere.  And since it's a small enough town (10,000, plus 5000 students) you really can know, well, not everyone, but if I go to the grocery store I'll run into two or three people I know easily.

I haven't been to Jerry's for a while.  It does seem popular with the bikers that stop here.  I have nothing against the place, and I think it might be the only 24-hour place in town.  With young kids we just don't do so many sit-down (and wait, however briefly) kinds of places.  But thanks for the reminder...I'll take my parents there next time they're in town, and they'll want to go there everytime after that I reckon.  (Did I really say "reckon"?)

If you're ever coming back this way let me know!

--Mike D.