Took my bike out in the neighborhood, and wound 1st up, started bogging bad at 6k. So I guess I am going to have to dig into the carbs. The bike has a Supertrapp without any of the discs installed, and PODs, so I am thinking the jetting is probably not setup right. I guess while I have them off, I will get the o-rings for the intake side. Should I just get a Stage 2 kit, and redo them?? Help!
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Clean & Dip the carbs, install new intake O rings, buy a DynoJet kit for it if it doesn't have one (best with K&N pods not foam or cheap ones) & away you go... Almost guaranteed success!
That's what I did on recommendation here.
Dan
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Don't run pods without jetting the bike properly. You will hole a piston. Up the main jet at least four sizes (ex 110-120) and shim the needle.Comment
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Thanks, I look at the main jet to see what size it is.Comment
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If it's "bogging bad" at those RPM then you've prob. got a blocked main jet.
If you want to cut out a lot of mucking around trying to come up with a main jet size that's 'in the ball park' for your engine's current state of tune, then I recommend getting a fuel check by a dyno operator. That will tell you the air-fuel ratio across the rev-range, and an experienced operator should be able to advise on what size main jet to try next.
All the best!Comment
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bogginb
HELLO, have you replaced or set yout points Yet.Unless youve done carbs before,and have checked for elc,connections, timeing.diagnossing. vacume leaks 1/2 broke wire I take youve not owned bike long. good luck. SANComment
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No, and you are right, I have not had the bike too long. It almost sounds like it is missing. I will pull the ignition cover off to see what the points look like. Man I have not looked at points in a very long time. I can not believe that the PO would not have re jetted with the Supertrapp pipe and K&N pod filters. It sputters out in the mid range. I got the bike plated today so I took the bike for a good run including a interstate blast. I opened it up to get past mid range, and she took off, looked down to see 110
, backed right off. I have a bad leaky fork seal too. I have them ordered. Once I fix the bogging, the front brakes, and the fork seals, this should be a fun bike.
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Well, I looked at the points and they looked like they were new. I also took a couple of the spark plugs out which also looked new, and they were sooted up pretty bad. Does this mean it's running too rich????Comment
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