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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2008 (5:24 PM) Return to invisiblemon's blog
Damn hot Again

at least the humidity was lower.It hit 104 degrees around 2pm.So back to the ninja.It was time to operate.Off went the tank and body panels.It came down to removing the carbs.Wasn't bad really.Just a bit of work.So now i opened up the fuel bowl cover and did a look see on one of the carbs.Nothing major out of place.Removed the main jet and pilot jet.Main looked good.I checked the hole dia. using my pin gages.Main looked good.What is a problem for this bike is the pilot jets.Real tiny hole.Main jet is 130 or something which is 1.3mm. My gage said .050".Close enought.It wasn't clogged.I took out the pilot jet and saw some crud.It looked like paste on it.The jet was blocked. This is a tiny hole thru.my gages showed .013".Thats 5 hairs or real damn small.So i got the crud in the pilot jets.Why did this happen when I was riding in town?I rode 120 miles that day.Strange stuff.It is highly recommended to put a fuel filter inline before the carbs.So now it was time to do so.. I posted a pic of the filter on the ninja.Wasn't too bad to do.So 8900 miles and the the ninja does its first sick day on me.Well that was it.Found a definite culprit and fixed it.i buttoned up the bike and it started up fine behaved like it was supposed to do.The only hiccup was the throttle cables are a bit tight.
I found this when turning the handlebars full lock the rpms go up to 3000 rpm.So slight adjustment,i will do that tomorrow.It was enough for one day and hotter then hell.Did I ride? Would you?Temps over 100 degrees in the afternoon sun.Yes i did.with my gear on.Did a good 30 mile run.Bike behaved nicely like it was supposed to.Wind was hot but dry hot.Did my local twisty roads and headed home.so it was good again.Will do the adjustments so its ok then next project.In the am i took out the scoot for a short ride to hear the new muffler.it has a good sound and ran very well.The tight packing gives a slightly louder sound.The gases don't bleed thru as easily.The harley has loose packing
and gets melowed out a bit.So I did a ride.It was cool temps around 8am.Scoot is doing fine and back in service.Am I finally getting things sorted out?A little.Whats next on the schedule?The 500 bodywork.Have to fix the plastic.i will get things ready for that.Fill up the holes and patch everything up.Sand it down then paint.Enough for one day Have a night.

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