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Afternoon lads and lasses.

Has anyone know of a good colour match for the subframe and black wheels and the yellow shock spring? 02 model. I’ve got a few small areas that could do with touching up, and on the bike aswell ;)

Here’s the old plugs, looks like they had life left in them but I had a new set. Left is the front, right rear

Got out to test my changes today. Same running problems, if not worse now! Current idle setting Front 2 1/2, Rear 2& 1/4 turns out on 45s pilot jets. Lots of stumbling and clunking at low rpm. Running fine at 4k rpm and over. Opening the throttle quickly from idle and it pops a little while acce...

The pilot jets have almost no effect over 4k, so it's not them. Why not put the airbox back and check if it improves? It literally just twigged that without the air box and standard filter, the mix must be way out of wack I’m going to refit everything and try again! Thanks tony! Edit: It was the la...

Tps now set to 494, it was at 880! A lot smoother on idle but still bogging down at over 4k rpm

I’m wondering if it’s because I haven’t got the air box on? All of this was tested with the velocity stack on and PAIr system connected (i removed the device from the air box and stuck it on)

After setting pilot screws to 3 turns out for the front, and 2&3/4 for the rear. Idle is smoother, carbs are pretty balanced, but the bike bogs and stalls over 3k revs! Any suggestions? Update, as I don’t have a 90 degree screwdriver and I can’t fit my sausage fingers anywhere close to adjusting...

Has anyone had experience with the seat cowls off AliExpress? Pretty cheap! I buy a fair bit off AliExpress/alibaba and although I’d say I’m happy with 95% of the things I get from there, buying something like this could be a gamble in terms of fit, finish and colour match. Be good to hear for any C...

The pilot setting was most likely from looking at the spec for a bike with 48 pilots, T he mystery hose is from the PAIR system. It should run from the black plastic bit then to a "tee" fitting and the to the vacuum port on the carb. It gets lrft in place and plugged as you need to remove...

Evening gents, unfortunately I didn’t get any time to work on the bike today, but Ive just adjusted the pilot screw to some suggested setting i found (3 front, 2&3/4 rear) see what those are like and go from there. But… I have a stray hose that’s bugging me as I can’t figure out why it’s there, ...

That is a real lean setting on the pilots. Should be closer to 2.5/3 turns out with 45s This can cause the banging and popping :thumbup: That’s what I was thinking! It’s strange that in the service book, I’ve had the bike a few weeks now but it states the carbs where “overhauled” last year. I don’t...

No, depending on which market the bike was made for both pilot jets will either be 45 or 48. The main jets are different front and rear, not the pilots. I see! Thank you :) in that case I will move onto checking fuel and vac lines tomorrow morning! I will check the tps settings as soon as the multi...

At least you have made a start and you didn't drop the petrol tank, although a shame about the shoes :wink: How does it go again, "two out of three ain't bad" :D Chris. I would have cried if I dropped it haha! Okay so I’ve had the carbs apart and given everything internally a good clean w...

tony.mon wrote:I probably have a spare set, if you're happy to take 2nd hand ones.
Just photo the ones you need with a ruler in shot so I can see the lengths and dimensions.

Oh really! Yes that would be great thanks! In that case I will take so time tomorrow going over the hoses!

Your vacuum line is perished as well. You can simply trim 10mm from the end, but as you're already ordering fuel lines, you might as well replace the whole set. Good spot tony! I didn’t get a chance to inspect the lines as the rain set in so had to get the covers on the bike. I’m thinking instead o...

Had a break in the rain this morning so I thought I’d whip the carbs off. Instead of disconnecting the tank (as I had about 1/3 tank of fuel) I thought I’d spin it round and rest it on the tail. All well until I turned my head towards the engine and noticed a 1ft long stream of fuel pissing out of t...