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Unread 06-18-2013, 10:21 PM
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Since I have neighbors and I try to be nice I took the bike out to the local riding area to adjust the carb for the first time since owning the bike. It was really out of adjustment so I rode it back and forth 15 times trying 2 different jets and adjusting the fuel screw a little. Of course this didn't do anything to the tire but I could feel that the rear would not hook up well at all unless I was fully upright. The bike was a handful because the suspension was completely out of whack. There was something wrong with the front forks and the back was too stiff as well. More on that later.

Fast forward a month. I found and installed some stock springs and correctly set the oil level in the forks and set the compression and rebound back to stock. I took some more preload out of the back end and the bike was finally balanced. Lastly I installed a flex-adjust fuel adjustment screw so I could make on the fly adjustments. Time for a test ride!

Those fresh knobs sure look nice when they are new don't they?

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