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FCR Low Speed Hesitation

Joined Dec 2005
172 Posts | 0+
Montrose, CO
After many years swearing at, and figuring out to a minor degree, Dellorto carbs, I am now facing an FCR on my 2006 FE450. I know near nothing about it. It works great, except..... when in slow going on tight trails the motor eventually develops a hesitation right off idle, where I like to blast out of corners. Seems to be heat related. I am guessing this to be the case, as the condition disappears when the bike is allowed to cool. I am actually thinking of running without the thermostat to see if there is a difference. I am running at 7500-9500', fuel there does vaporize a bit more readily. Does anyone have any advice about carb or bike set-up that might apply to this situation? Buzzard
 
Try backing off on the amount of squirt from the accelerator pump!

Regards,

Joe
 
Dale Lineaweaver to the white courtesy phone....

Seriously, your fix is encapsulated in one word: Lineaweaver. You don't need no stinkin' accellerator pump.
 
Jetting certainly becomes richer at altitude, especially above 6000'.

Any spark plug color info? How does it run at lower altitudes?

If you're going to run at high altitudes I would consider going down a bit on the jetting numbers.
 
all you need to do is try the Pilot screw, which is underneath the carb, both in or out 1/2 a turn. whichever is the better - persevere and try a little more. this is almost certainly your easy answer!

i have a home made tool available to view in my gallery. kouba make one in the states as well.

regards

Taffy
 
Thanks for all the info so far. My jetting is spot on for the altitude, plug runs a medium to dark brown. As I said, my Berg runs perfectly until I get into slow going. This slow going is miles long twisty forest trails. The unwelcome symptoms do not show up until quite a ways into these trails. Short sections of slow going do not bring this about. If I stop to eat an apple or something, bike cools(I am guessing), and all is well until we go a ways. This is not a crippling hesitation, just annoying enough to distract me while I am trying to conquer this trail. Also, there is a GasGas 200 that gets ahead of me, and it becomes an issue! I will fabricate a tool to adjust the fuel air screw, and try some other settings. I am running the highest octane fuel, short of race gas, that I can buy. This is the only thing about this bike that needs a fix, what a GREAT motorcycle!
Thanks, Buzzard
 
buzzard said:
Thanks for all the info so far. My jetting is spot on for the altitude

Hi Buzzard,
Your "jetting" is spot on? Are you certain?

Don't let plug color be an indication.

For what it may be worth:
Under transient conditions the constant accelerator pump dribble will mask proper jetting often inducing a mysterious and fleeting rich condition.

Hope this helps.

Dale
 
Buzz, I had the exact same problem you have. I dropped the pilot one size and it wasn't as bad, but it was still there when hot. I could turn the air screw and make it go away, but the bike seemed too lean off the bottom all the time. What eventually solved my problem was when I did the "BK" mod to reduce the squirt time of the accellerator pump to near nothing (less than .5 second). Problem solved.

Dalton

PS Thanks Dale. I don't know why I didn't just disable it, but it's working fine with a small squirt.
 
Thanks again, everyone, for the helpful replys. I think I may have solved some or all of the problem. I pulled the fuel tank, drew up a chair, and stared at the beast. I noticed first that this FCR carb is the one for those odd orange bikes, in that the fuel inlet is on the left side of the float bowl. Husaberg had to indent the exaust pipe to clear the elbow on the side of the carb. Then they route the fuel line straight forward out of the carb for 2", and with a factory bend in the rubber hose, do a 180 and route it back, all of this a fraction of an inch from the exaust pipe. This fuel cooker pre heater may be great in northern latitudes, or on the diesel version of this bike, but was not to stay on my Berg. I re routed the fuel line straight up and over the top of the air inlet bell to the right side of the carb, placed the T there, and fed to both petcocks. I took a ride on some of my best torturous, rocky, steep trails, and no hesitation! Just perfect behavior, can't think of how it could be better. Well, yeah I could, get an FCR with the fuel inlet on the right side of the bowl. Let the oddball orange bikes indent their pipes to clear the inlet, and pre cook their fuel! Hope this helps someone else. Heck, I hope Husaberg reads this and adds it to the ever shortening list of needed fixes!
Buzzard
 
buzzard

i'd agree that iut's a problem but how close does it come to the exhaust this 2-into-1 inlet?

photo?

regards

Taffy
 
A little fabrication with access to a mill will allow you to move the fuel inlet over to the right side and away from the exhaust.

I have done several purely for safety reasons.

Dale
 
Taffy, this inlet is a brass elbow, apparently sealed with O rings inside the bowl itself, as it swivels about. The other end is a 5/16" hose barb type connector to attach the fuel line to. It sets in an indentation in the exaust pipe, where the pipe swings inside the frame to clear the kickstarter. Clearance is 1/4" at best. This indentation in the pipe is large enough to rest a ping-pong ball in, with about 1/4 of the ball in it. Not impressive engineering IMHO.
Dale, as usual, you are right on top of it! I do hope to move it to the right side, as this does bother me a bit. If I cannot do it locally, is this a service you offer, mail you my float bowl, and get it back much improved?
Thanks, Buzzard
 

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