All right.. she started.Now for the rain to stop to ride some and see how it does. I used to have to choke it to start it all the time. I only choked it to start the 1st time. Shutdown and started 4 more times over the next hour and no choke. Steady idle.Good throttle response even when barely warm. Im really impressed so far.

bob

 

Good deal. Putting a 45 on mine later this fall. I get an honest 48 to 52 mpg 2up loaded with saddle bags and big sissy bar bag running 75 mph with the build you see listed. Sure will miss it as I have doubts the 45 will do that!! lol

 

I was able to put 110 miles on Sat on the new carb. First impressions... WOW. Throttle response is going to take some getting used to!! Its got a lot more power thru the whole rpm range. Couple of things I noticed.. was cruising at 55 with wife on back. Went to pass a slower vehicle so I just rolled on the throttle (@ 55 Im runnin 2250 rpm). Jumped to 65 in no time.. didnt have to downshift like I normally would. But the most noticable was.. no engine pinging!! Thats all gone! Mileage on a small 2 up run was 41mpg. I had been getting 38-40 so not a huge gain there.. yet. Ill have a better idea this weekend as Im riding to Missouri for a weekend camping trip. Thanks again for all the help and tips. Any more tuning tips or fine tuning tips will be just as happily received.

bob

 

Just a followup to my posts... this weekend on an 1100 mile trip to MO, I got 46-48 mpg on the bike where before I was getting 38-40!! At first I thought my gas guage was broken or sticking. haha Im going to pull the plugs tonite and see what they say about the trip. I put in new ones specifically for this trip just to judge the rich/lean mix.

bob