Well everyone has different purposes and modes of operation. I can only guess you went to the corner store for gas. You may have been checking out dirty magazines. Or maybe you were escaping your wife momentarily. Or maybe you jogged there for your health.
Or MAYBE, just maybe, behind the store's dumpster is where you meet up with this loner teenage space alien who's found someone(you) who they can relate to and talk about how mean aliens and people can be and plans for earth etc which isn't anything you could ever explain to anyone.
And maybe you don't even know for sure. But you go home and say to your scowling wife 'honey, you weren't in the mood and I was horny, that's all. Oh and I needed some gas... and a turkey sandwich.' So let's not be so quick to assume we know necessarily what's best for other people.
Okay, so all I want to know right now is what drill sizes do I need to step up my jets a stage(then two). I got that in my Google history somewhere. I think I've got #38 slow jet and 118 mains. Is "mains" slang or something? Do you have to say it with an accent? Like with a twang? Never heard it before here. ...Got a shiny brand new stock set from my rebuild kit as spares. I wanna see how my bike responds to the air/fuel mix. Also of course if there's something I'm missing feel free to fill me in. I know I'm flawed. Specificity helps. 'you don't think like the hive' doesn't.
It might not be the absolute best use of my time. But who's to decide and who even knows? Not you. If so you'd be in your best possible place right now in your life. Doubt that. Maybe, JUST maybe you're in your best place here laughing at me. Maybe your emotional efforts would be better invested in worrying about what you're not fixing or what's about to break in your life. Lol, I don't know who I'm talking to. Just a general voice I guess.
And one of you left me that message on my YouTube vid. I think these are all grown men responsible for their own time. I'd hate to think I'd have the power to control what you do with yours.
You think I should just buy jets factory machine made? I wanna use my drill and see what happens. I might learn I've got a great drilling arm. Maybe I'll break my bike and lose everything I've invested in it. Maybe I'm taking the expression "fail forward fast" a bit too literally. I'm practicing. Let me learn.
And I'm being "snarky"? That's one way to look at it. I'm just trying to make up my own mind if you dont.
Anyway, these dumb K&N pods don't even fit. Possibly squeeze against frame but with side covers no way. Unless I cut them. Hmm... I don't think you can find but a left side only on ebay at the moment.
That's it for now. Just learning. Want to see if this helps my cold start issue.
Scott, if my starting mixture is too lean for my cold start why can't twisting the throttle get me that extra fuel needed to start? In the end I may end up putting the box back in(and no, not just a couple bolts. Gotta remove the battery seat/case, PITA) and find it solves my starting prob. Just wanna try this out and see what happens and learn how this works. Probably should double check the accel pump function.
My 1, 2, & 3 plugs look more lean than ever. How 'bad' are mine? Turning out pilot screws didn't seem to change.
1,2,3 & 4 https://imgur.com/a/6o99oXo
I think the valve clearances are good. No 'clacking' like before. Bike seems to run fine except that now it's leaner and more subject to the atmosphere.
Do I gotta check my timing again? Could that cause the start problem but not be evident otherwise? I doubt that but anyone feel strongly different? Keep in mind you're not all giving me totally uniform info. I got lots of calculations to make from all new info I pick up.
I will try to put on the K&N filters without the side covers and try bigger jets but first I think I'll get new plugs just to rule them out. Still gotta read up on plug testing too.
And again, I don't need the bike to run perfect. I was really pulling myself down the blvd last night and 'felt' the atmosphere interacting with the carbs if that's not just my imagination. But this bike is way too fast for me to care about having the smoothest acceleration. Just want it to start better if possible and allow me better access to the carbs at the moment.
I see how the charging system isn't robust but it gives me a good 15 seconds(divided up) of crank power needed to start and lights up the road and charges my gadgets and warms my hands real good!
Thanks for reading and thanks for all the tips and info. And please respond however makes you feel best. I can even appreciate the opposition. No resolution without opposition. Don't beat your wives, and stop talking to any lost teenage aliens. They find out what you know you'll be 'taken care of'. Use your browser's 'in cognito' tabs function so you watch porn at home. And sweat everyday and eat organic veggies and products of well raised animals if need be.
What. The ever loving. Crap. Are you rambling on about?
Of course your plugs look lean. That's what everyone told you would happen.
Do you even know what a jet drill looks like? How big it actually is?
It doesn't matter what we tell you, you're mind is set on screwing this up your way.
Let us know how that works out for you.
