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I was riding Incubus today and I heard a nasty rattle and the bike started sounding a lot like a hot rod. Got it home and I found the 4-1 header had worked loose from the muffler. So big deal; just a loose clamp. The bike has been running very well and has a smooth idle.
So instead of reattaching the header to the muffler, I'm thinking that I've got a nice set of Jardine 4-2 pipes on Succubus, the problem child bike that WILL NOT IDLE. I've stripped and cleaned the carbs on her until I got to where I can go from fully assembled to carbs-on-the-bench in less than 20 minutes. I've checked compression 50 times. I have checked and rechecked valve clearance. I've gone through three sets of pickup coils and several wire transplants. I have several TCIs that all tested good on other bikes. I had run out of things to check. That bike has power to kill, but it doesn't have it until over 3,000 rpm.
So, I think, I'll teach that bitch for sure this time. I'm going to strip her pipes and make Incubus a little prettier. That'll show her.
The transplant did not go very smoothly - those pipes are heavy and the mufflers don't separate anymore - but I got them on. Nice bling. Pretties the bike up nicely. Let's rake them out and see how they run, I think.
I start it up, and the first thing I discover, to my chagrin, is that Incubus, with these pipes ... wait for it....
WILL NOT IDLE. Holy ****. Seems like some kind of blockage. The pressure from right to left feels very different. The right side puffs strongly. The left has little, constrained puffs. I put the 4-1 back on and Incubus purrs like a kitten again.
Poor Succubus. It was never her fault.
Patrick
So instead of reattaching the header to the muffler, I'm thinking that I've got a nice set of Jardine 4-2 pipes on Succubus, the problem child bike that WILL NOT IDLE. I've stripped and cleaned the carbs on her until I got to where I can go from fully assembled to carbs-on-the-bench in less than 20 minutes. I've checked compression 50 times. I have checked and rechecked valve clearance. I've gone through three sets of pickup coils and several wire transplants. I have several TCIs that all tested good on other bikes. I had run out of things to check. That bike has power to kill, but it doesn't have it until over 3,000 rpm.
So, I think, I'll teach that bitch for sure this time. I'm going to strip her pipes and make Incubus a little prettier. That'll show her.
The transplant did not go very smoothly - those pipes are heavy and the mufflers don't separate anymore - but I got them on. Nice bling. Pretties the bike up nicely. Let's rake them out and see how they run, I think.
I start it up, and the first thing I discover, to my chagrin, is that Incubus, with these pipes ... wait for it....
WILL NOT IDLE. Holy ****. Seems like some kind of blockage. The pressure from right to left feels very different. The right side puffs strongly. The left has little, constrained puffs. I put the 4-1 back on and Incubus purrs like a kitten again.
Poor Succubus. It was never her fault.
Patrick
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