Author Topic: New Slip-on!!! (Read 5656 times)

Daytona · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:39:29 PM »

And the old stand by! The soot on tail pipe, if it has black that stains your finger, normal to rich with reg to mid grade gas. Tan or gray with reg to mid grade, lean. Or you are running race stuff that is a total waist on the 8 or 9 to 1 Bandit engine.

Dundee · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2006, 01:22:49 AM »

Quote from: RDUBandit

Hmmm...if anything, I thought it might mean that I was running rich -- fuel in the can that was combusting. Lean is bad, maybe I'll run it by the shop Monday.

Let us know how you go!:grin:
Gee guys, we don't even know how much it's "popping"- it's totally uneccessary to go straight to " rejet, running lean etc", kind of a sledgehammer approach to what could be a bunch of other totally minor things.

A little crisp burble if you get off it hard is nothing if the engine is running right everywhere else. Even if I didn't enjoy being able to do it, I prefer the thing to run properly always than to overhaul my fuelling just for what could be "aesthetic" reasons.
I'm off for a ride

rider123 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 19, 2006, 07:17:59 PM »

It perfectly normal to have some popping. I've turned my mixture screws out, and shimmed till the plugs were black and it still popped. As of now I have no shims and I had to turn in my mixture screws to just over 2.5 which is still about 1/4 turn outside of stock, I also left the snorkle in, and it runs fine. As long as the plugs are good don't worry too much about the popping. Especially if you have a 2G like mine with the PAIR still on it. In fact after you get outside the "sweet spot" it will actually start to pop some more as there is excess fuel in there to light up. Just do a plug check. If you want to leave the snorkle in there, opening up the mixture screws a bit say 1/4 to half a turn fixes it mostly up untill you get a jet kit.

Think of it this way:

Slight popping/burble plugs have some colour. <----It's fine

Loud popping/gunshot like plugs are white <----- Turn out mixture screws 1/8 turn at a time.

RDUBandit · « **Reply #18 on:** July 21, 2006, 08:09:45 PM »

Well, after 100, 500, and 1200 miles the plugs look OK. I didn't need to adjust the mixture.

Thanks everyone.

PaulVS · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2006, 12:45:41 AM »

The stock Bandit is very lean.

Putting an aftermarket pipe on it gives more power, but it's still lean.

A jet kit fixes that.

Any questions?

RDUBandit · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2006, 09:27:36 PM »

Quote from: PaulVS

The stock Bandit is very lean.

Putting an aftermarket pipe on it gives more power, but it's still lean.

A jet kit fixes that.

Any questions?

I'm sorry, did you say something? I seem to be hypnotized stupid by all your posts. I just can't figure it out.