steveloomis wrote:The very best to you on your trip.... Sounds like fun....
Yeah, from what I've read on RR's, fuel can get pretty scarce in some countries and you have to resort to buying from people along the road out of glass jugs etc. No telling what you get. Better be able to run on very poor quality fuel and a good running stock XT should do fine.
Glass bottles are if you're lucky. I was buying out of plastic milk jugs in one place in the Baja.
Here, actually, minus the jerry cans. (not my picture)
Had some good light last night while cruising the city giving the bike a workout
It idles roughly right now and pulses at less than a quarter throttle. I think the carb intake boots at the cylinder are leaking. There's a certain amount of gasket sealant poking out the sides of the boot that troubles me. I'll try spraying starter fluid around the boots and seeing how idle is affected. Seems to run fine past quarter throttle.
Previously Owned Bikes: Guzzi T3 Cali ,Cali 3 and Sport 1100. BMW R100/7 and R90S. Various Triumphs ( Meridan) . Lots of Yamaha DT's 175-400,Suzuki PE 250, and SP370.And a very early XT500 ,it's engine no's had three zero's in front of the last three no's ( can't remember what they were ).
steveloomis wrote:Jets hard to come by, USA models needle jet are not adjustable, at least easily. No extra grooves. Can large carbon buildup cause detonation due to hot spots? With compression as low as it is, If it were mine, I'd pull it down and have a look after doing the oil in the cylinder test.
6Sigma jet kit , I have one fitted to my XT here in Scotland , it sorted my white plug . They are located in Phoenix AZ,fairly local to you .
scottieh wrote: except that the air screw was set to four and a quarter turns out from bottom! I reinstalled it as i found it but yesterday's ride was full of popping and a hot engine so today I adjusted the air screw in about a turn or so and got it to mostly stop popping. Runs much cooler too. But there's still a fair amount of pinging especially under acceleration around 50mph.
Its a fuelscrew, by tightening it you just made the bike leaner, not richer.
