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Tinkering maintenance
04/30/12 at 13:48:57

Needed to get in some AIR TIME yesterday afternoon so went to the garage and pulled out the purple ( or pink ) bike ( I call it the PURPLE HORNEY ) ...depending on how the rods and cones are arranged inside your eyeballs.
Decided it really needed an oil change before taking off so started that; then decided that while waiting for the oil to drain I'd do a quick jet change and needle mod.
Also threw on a little Emgo stainless mesh cone filter as long as I had the carb out.
Of course, since I did the carb it surely needed the stock muffler replaced with something more appropriate, and after pulling several off the shelf to choose from I settled on the Emgo from the Ryca kit since it had the mounting spacers and mount bar included ... handy it was.

Got it all buttoned up ... just 3 hours for the 30 minute job ... not too bad for a "mature citizen" working in 90 deg. weather. Well, by finish time the temp was decreasing and there was a nice breeze. Grabbed a quick shower so I could ride in comfort and got off at 530 pm for a ride around Lake Murray; 65 miles +/-. Carried a couple of tools just in case, including the little screw driver for the pilot screw. Played with it a few times to test response and got all but a very occasional half-fire out of it. [ 52.5 pilot, screw 2 turns out, 3 washers on needle, 152.5 main ]

Today had a doc's app. and rode the bike; freeway riding this time for some higher speed checks. Went to 2.5 turns out on the screw after the first leg. Much better. The Purple Horney runs good !
The speedo went past 100 to maybe 103-105 indicated for a short burst in an area that the smokey hats never take roadside positions on.

It was running good enough that I expected to see the low to mid 90's maybe but was very surprised to see the triple digits. Of course true ground speed is another thing. Even so, the machine ran very well; pulls fairly hard and sounds pretty darn good.
For a stock engine I was impressed. This is one of the better stock engined LS650's I've ever ridden. Seems like this may be one of the those occasional engines that comes of the assembly line with all the right pieces in balance and with the spec's right on.

It would be nice if all the engines coming from Suzuki are made this well now. That would be great.

Original when I got it last year.

With new muflfer ... much sleeker looking with just that one change, don't ya think ?

Pink ?

Purple ?

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #1 - 04/30/12 at 14:10:48 That pipe improves the look 100%... ...
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #2 - 04/30/12 at 14:26:23 Serowbot wrote on 04/30/12 at 14:10:48: That pipe improves the look 100%... ... Goes from CLUNKY to a more stream lined look to me
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #3 - 04/30/12 at 14:43:54 Whaaat? You didnt want to maintain the beauty of the stock muffler! I spose thatll do..if thats what ya like,, does it weigh much less than the chrome cannon Zuki put on it?
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #4 - 04/30/12 at 14:59:10 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 04/30/12 at 14:43:54: Whaaat? You didnt want to maintain the beauty of the stock muffler! I spose thatll do..if thats what ya like,, does it weigh much less than the chrome cannon Zuki put on it? about 20 lbs less based on my calibrated hands
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Reply #5 - 04/30/12 at 15:29:21

That's the EMGO Shorty Reverse Megaphone muffler. That's what was supplied by Ryca. And I settled on the same jetting, too! -- 152.5 main, 52.5 pilot, and a little over 2 turns out (I'm at sea level.) Don't know about the needle as I didn't go there. It has good dynamic response, so no need to. That is one loud muffler, even with the crumbcup and fiberglass packing added.

I'm averaging 55 mpg on a 16 year old engine with 22K on it, but then I rarely go over 65mph (bicycle computer calibrated to front wheel).

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Reply #6 - 04/30/12 at 23:58:53

Mercy, I wish I had your mechanical ability Lancer! I haven't had time or courage to open the envelope that my jet set came in yet. I'm figuring I need three days instead of 3 hours. I really need to ride into the SC Hinterland and have a tinkering lesson! I could buy you a steak with all the trimmings for your tinkering time/lesson Wink

Nice work on a beautiful bike. The new muffler without a doubt cleaned up the lines of the bike.

Respectfully, Rocky Sommers

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Reply #7 - 05/01/12 at 02:39:45

Georgiadigger wrote on 04/30/12 at 23:58:53:

Mercy, I wish I had your mechanical ability Lancer! I haven't had time or courage to open the envelope that my jet set came in yet. I'm figuring I need three days instead of 3 hours. I really need to ride into the SC Hinterland and have a tinkering lesson! I could buy you a steak with all the trimmings for your tinkering time/lesson Wink

Nice work on a beautiful bike. The new muffler without a doubt cleaned up the lines of the bike.

Respectfully, Rocky Sommers

Send me a PM dude and we can work out a time to tinker.
I'm retired so scheduling time is pretty much open.
Lot's of parts going out these days so I'm spending a lot of garage time working on those.
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Reply #8 - 05/01/12 at 02:50:10

BuckRYCA wrote on 04/30/12 at 15:29:21:

That's the EMGO Shorty Reverse Megaphone muffler. That's what was supplied by Ryca. And I settled on the same jetting, too! -- 152.5 main, 52.5 pilot, and a little over 2 turns out (I'm at sea level.) Don't know about the needle as I didn't go there. It has good dynamic response, so no need to. That is one loud muffler, even with the crumbcup and fiberglass packing added.

I'm averaging 55 mpg on a 16 year old engine with 22K on it, but then I rarely go over 65mph (bicycle computer calibrated to front wheel).

I got 50 mpg on the first full tank after the changes; not bad for a heavy handed rider.
I am going to adjust it a bit and see how it responds.
With the pilot screw at 2.5 turns out, I'm going from the 52.5 to the 55 pilot and will take the screw down to 1 turn out to start the tune process again.
The needle has 3 washers on it now but I will take it down to 2 washers.
May also try the 155 main jet.
Should be fun.

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Reply #9 - 05/01/12 at 16:07:54

BuckRYCA wrote on 04/30/12 at 15:29:21:

That's the EMGO Shorty Reverse Megaphone muffler. That's what was supplied by Ryca. And I settled on the same jetting, too! -- 152.5 main, 52.5 pilot, and a little over 2 turns out (I'm at sea level.) Don't know about the needle as I didn't go there. It has good dynamic response, so no need to. That is one loud muffler, even with the crumbcup and fiberglass packing added.

I'm averaging 55 mpg on a 16 year old engine with 22K on it, but then I rarely go over 65mph (bicycle computer calibrated to front wheel).

The little bit of fiberglass in the muffler as it comes from Emgo is not adequate at all...sounds hollow/tinny to me. I'm going to rewrap the baffle with the stainless mesh scrubbers that has been mentioned here last week or so.
It does make for a more solid sound and should help tuning and maybe a bit better performance.
When I pull the muffler to do that I will go ahead and open the outer exhaust port ring as well; it's quick and easy to do with a power rasp on a high speed drill.

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Dj12midnit Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline If you'r here and I'm here isn't this our time? Posts: 1036 Lynden Wa. Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #10 - 05/01/12 at 20:41:26 I could use a stock muffler?
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6057 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #11 - 05/01/12 at 21:37:36 magenta sure does change with the light
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #12 - 05/02/12 at 12:22:24 Dj12midnit wrote on 05/01/12 at 20:41:26: I could use a stock muffler? Do you want the stock muffler I took off ?
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Dj12midnit Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline If you'r here and I'm here isn't this our time? Posts: 1036 Lynden Wa. Gender:	Re: Tinkering maintenance Reply #13 - 05/02/12 at 20:51:33 Lancer sent you a pm.
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