They said they were still waiting on 2 sets, when i contacted then last thursday, i told them to hold off shipping until fri afternoon to see if the rest shows up in their freight, and they thankfully did!
Anyways....
I started with 135's, and scared the holy sh*t outta me on the highway....
ran fine through 3400rpm, stuttered a bit up to 5000rpm, then like a freiking rocket to 9500rpm!
after a mile and a half of 8000+riding, the bike would act like it was out of gas.
I switched to reserve, no better.
I would back off on the RPM's(upshift a gear) and it would go away after 1/2 mile or so.
The third time it did this, it basically died.
Good thing I was in the far right hand lane.
Puled over, removed the key, and started checking for loose wires, blown fuses... ANYTHING.
I was thinking i just fried my new coils or something with the RPM's.
Didn't find anything. went to start her, and she fired right up.
took off, and no problems 'till about 2-3 miles down the road, same effects as before, bogging(slow acceleration) from 3500 to 5000rpm, then a bat outta hell.
The first exit i could get off on, I immediately found the nearest gas station.
Started looking again, and found.... haha, a kink in the fuel line.
hahaha... I didn't re-run the fuel filter where i normally do, and it caused a kink right after the filter.
Fixed it, and WHOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the entire ride home, no more hesitation between 3500 and 5000, and no more dying at high RPM.
Never knew I could do 75 in third gear before.
Got home, checked the plugs, and suprisingly not too bad. A bit on the sooty side, but tolerable if i cleaned the plugs once a month i'm guessing.
But i was affected with twist-itus on the ride back home, that may have had something to do with not too bad a layer of soot.(6000rpm+ for 6-7 miles, more than half of that at 8000+)
Changed to 125's and tried the same route.
This time with no kinks in the fuel line, in fact i re-routed it so it would be near impossible to kink it again.
Not too much difference power wise, still pulled like a bat on fire.
At the end of the ride(this time with 12-13 miles of 6000+rpm) the plugs were not sooty but a shade darker than i want to run them.
I just got back from a ride on the same route same RPM's with 115's, and a noticible difference in power, mainly at the RPM range of 7000-9000.
Had to roll the throttle along with the increasing RPM's, or the acceleration was flat, compared to the runs with the 125's, and 135's where going from 3/4 throttle to WOT made me feel the acceleration.
I'm going to run with the 115's for a week and track my MPG, and next weekend I am going to try 120's.
As long as I stay within the 30+(preferably 35+) range, i'll be willin' to sacrifice milage for fun.
ARGH, I hate removing the whole carb assembly just to change 4 small bits.
Although I can do it without spilling the gas in the floats now, and in under 20 minuites to take 'em out, change jets, and install them.
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