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(Date Posted:06/10/2006 9:14 PM)
Hey all! There hasn't been much action on this thread for a while so I figured I'd ramble a little about my '84 XL600R. As some of you may know, I bought this bike off ebay several months ago. Pretty nice shape but missing a few parts, skid plate, intake boot clamps and the correct front brake hose assembly come to mind.It has a Supertrapp muffler installed as well. It has always ran lean especially just off idle, coughing back through the carbs. These things come lean from the factory,especially the CA. models and with a higher flowing muffler, leaner yet. By the way it was acting, I new there hadn't been the proper jets installed when whoever installed the muffler. I pulled the carbs off andsure enough, stock jets. Now the manual shows adjustable needles but these aren't. So I scrounged around the shop and found the smallest flat washer I could then ground down the diameter to fit within the confines of the slide and installed it under the needle. The thickness of the washer was such as to raise the needle about 1.5 to 2 clip positions, had it been adjustable.[ Only the left carb as it controls the idle. ]Now it idles excellent and no more coughing or hesitation. It is still very lean on top [ wide open ] so next is bigger main jets. Of course I'll have to re-adjust the needle again once I install the jets.I'm planning many mods to this bike [ piston, cam etc. ]and I'll report in when each step is achieved and the result. Bruce
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'06 Buell Ulysses 01 XR650R 75 XL350 84 XL600R 86 TT600 77 XT500
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