DaleO!
Apologies for any mis-leading comment in my last post to Fryguy. I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek there (humour) teasing Super-Fry as, actually, my bike flat flies already (and he knows it!!).
I have messed with the carb extensively or, to be corrrect with that, have had major mods done to the carb by Dick's Racing. Following that, I have started tuning on the carb of my own to get it completely "sweet". Not quite done yet.
Carb has the Dick's taper bore, Merge Leak Jet, Extended (finger turnable) Fuel Jet Screw, Power Now horizontal carb throat divider, and the nifty Dial-a-Jet mod to aid in mid-range and top-end gap filling along with some built-in altitude correction (some degree of learning still to come with regard to making the most of that mod).
I have (at Fry's advice) dropped in the Euro needle (nice change) and have twiddled with all the standard jetting. The Dial-a-Jet feature somewhat blurs the function of the base jetting and the overlapping function of that mod, especially with needle and main jet settings, but I'll get it sorted. As it is so far, the bike has amzing throttle response, pulls like a monster, and only exhibits mild occasional popping on deceleraiton under extreme circumstances out on the ice track.
I actually fitted the Moose slower turn throttle tube/cam to let the power ease in more right off the bottom as I found it so aggressively responding to right wrist input that I could not ride it smoothly in conditions requiring a mellow approach right off the bottom.
I know from the current optimum fuel screw setting that I am still 1 or 2 sizes too small on the pilot, and I have yet to work up to settings that are too rich on the needle or main jet. It runs good enough that I was not worried though, and the bike is so damned fast that I didn't really "need" more to asert dominance (at least from the bike) out on the ice as far as I got this winter.
As the weather improves here, I will be out fine tuning the jetting and getting even more out of this crazy engine. A pipe is a natural consideration for another easy (except for the dollars required) performance bump.
I also got the full Dick's racing suspension (APS) upgrade front and rear, but have not done any riding on those legs yet. Really looking foward to getting that stuff set up. I'll be rolling on the fastest Cadillac in the forest!
Did I mention this bike is waaaay too much fun?
