Running great - if only my plug color wasn't freaking me out

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:19 pm

Take a good look at the splitter.
Ya may find a wire inside the splitter has jumped out of the part where there is one in and 2 out. ...............lm

Jlovvorn wrote:More entertainment tonight.

After a long talk with LM, went in and reset my throttle slides without the idle screws in, and behold - the left carb was lifting way later than the right.

Somehow they seemed in synch with the idle screws in, but out told the real story.

But the fun didn't end there.

In order to get left and right to raise at the same time, I had to screw the left top screw almost all the way out, and the right one all the way in to get them even.

Why would my cable be so far off on one side than the other?

Got them to even, kicked the bike over and it raced up to 5000, and I had to kill it.

Seems like the throttle slides are not bottoming out.

So I take the needle up from second to bottom to middle and it still races, just not as bad.

I am thinking maybe my cable is too short?

I am going to post a picture of what I thought was bottom.

Right now, there is about a 1/2 inch gap of the cutout visible when you look down the throat with the throttle closed.

Jlovvorn · Post by **Jlovvorn** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:42 pm

Will do.

Also going to swap this cable out for an original Honda one I got off fleabay.

Jlovvorn · Post by **Jlovvorn** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:41 pm

The throttle cable was routed wrong under the tank.

Reset it according to the pictures on the forum, synched the slides (with screws out) set needles at 2nd from bottom, and it idles nicely at 1000.

Still creeps up towards 1500 if it sits at idle for a few minutes. Then drops back down to 1000 if you blip the throttle.

Plug color looks good.

It bogs down for a second when you open the throttle to leave a stoplight, which is annoying, but manageable.

The throttle reponse on my 160 is much faster and smoother, leading me to think I am not quite done yet tuning this bike. Maybe it's a mixture issue.

But it runs, and that's certainly nice to see.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:44 pm

Still creeps up towards 1500 if it sits at idle for a few minutes. Then drops back down to 1000 if you blip the throttle.

Adjust air screws. ......................lm

Jlovvorn wrote:The throttle cable was routed wrong under the tank.

Reset it according to the pictures on the forum, synched the slides (with screws out) set needles at 2nd from bottom, and it idles nicely at 1000.

Still creeps up towards 1500 if it sits at idle for a few minutes. Then drops back down to 1000 if you blip the throttle.

Plug color looks good.

It bogs down for a second when you open the throttle to leave a stoplight, which is annoying, but manageable.

The throttle reponse on my 160 is much faster and smoother, leading me to think I am not quite done yet tuning this bike. Maybe it's a mixture issue.

But it runs, and that's certainly nice to see.

Jlovvorn · Post by **Jlovvorn** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:48 pm

Will do. They are both at 1 turn.

Will try 1 and 1/4.

And then try 3/4

Thanks.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:00 pm

1 1/4 at a minimum then on to 1/4 turn more as needed. ..............lm

Jlovvorn wrote:Will do. They are both at 1 turn.

Will try 1 and 1/4.

And then try 3/4

Thanks.

Jlovvorn · Post by **Jlovvorn** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:11 pm

Ah. Somehow I had in my head 1 and 1/4 was max.

I need to stop driniking beer while working on the bike....