for those that dont know, I have a tinkering problem. Unfortunately, the combined joint issues, inability to find parts, and the problematic issue of not leaving well enough alone.
I have once again fell into a slump, where the body just doesnt want to live. It's dibilitating and demoralizing. its not R. arthritis, but might as well be. The back an hips just sit there in pain. When I think back to funnier days,the adrenlin is enough to cause more pain. Then I get reminder pains in the knees, feet, and hamstring. If it was just lower body it would be just horrible, but the upper body is junk as well. If anything, this is the reason I chose the 1200s...because it didnt hurt the wrist, hips where in a neutral position, legs where bent (vice straight leg), and it was tall enough to be balanced by my upper/inner thighs without squating.
Well I am stubborn...and I am glad I am. The outward purpose of the current mod effort was to run a KN filter and get some more spark into the engine. So between the filter (slightly cut lid ~3" hole). purple oil, and dual tip sparkplugs...the engine would not run. I know now that the design of the carbs required the restriction of an inefficient filter/box. Additionally, since the bike marginally runs with the new oil and spark plugs, it is clear that it was set way too lean. So I ordered a jet kit/spark advancer from holeshot.
Going into a "running" anything for minor surgery is my disease. However, what I found was a carb set that desparately needed cleaning and rebuilding. So I started a campaign to rebuild it. My local riders XXX ended up being the best source of parts. mrcycle was slow and max retail price. It didnt help in my quest to rebuild it, that I lost parts that were hard to find-no longer in production. So ebay ended up being a source of parts. There was so much junk in the carbs, that there was way for it to run as advertised. It'll probably be 5 hp increase just in the investment of degreaser, wd40, Qtips, high pressure air,, anda lot of scrubbing. The mid jets were all gummed up to different sizes and were replaced. A full rebliud kit was installed (orings ). So outside of adjusting the carbs fuel screw, needle, carb balance; I dont see a reason why I need to go back in there. In fact any more changes and I'll just weld up a fuel injection manifold and install a aftermarket FI system...mini squirt.
So with the last part finally in hand, I am ready intall to install ite. current mods will be jet kit (with slight mods from holeshot), 4" aperature for the air box, KN filter, 18" carbon fiber muffler, spark advancer, purple oil, and spark plugs.
To finish it how I want it, I'll gear down hthe bike at least 15% (48 rear to a 42 rear), change the chain, possibly add accel/msd coils, and of course clean it. I didnt change any of the fuel fittings, so I might be taking everything apart again to replace the nine-year-old gasket.
The main disease was averted, however. Having the carbs off the bike I saw the horrible rough cylinder heads. I wanted to desparately port the heads. Which meant adding cams, which meant replacing the valve train, which meant boring out the motor to a 1370cc, which meant adding that $3500 turbo kit.
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