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Black means what?
07/31/13 at 06:52:24
 
My bike seems to run pretty good in my opinion. But I have noticed that the brake lever on the rear wheel has black soot from the exhaust and when I had the header off to change the tensioner, I noticed the port was black with soot as well. What does this tell me about how well it is tuned?
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Reply #1 - 07/31/13 at 06:55:45
 
Carbs arent constant, the air/fuel mix varies as the slide opens & different circuits are utilized,, black is rich, so, somewhere, its rich,, maybe everywhere,, but I doubt it,,
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Reply #2 - 07/31/13 at 06:59:36
 
Pull the spark plug and see what color it is, if it's also black you could be running rich, the plug is the best way to tell.
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Reply #3 - 07/31/13 at 07:42:15
 
Rich is what I thought too. But it runs very well. I was running premium gas and I have noticed after going to regular it has started to poot a little at shutoff.
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Reply #4 - 07/31/13 at 08:18:51
 
Modern fuel burns black.....even with a good mix on the carb.  Back in the old days of good leaded gasoline you coulld look for a nice dark grey color on the exhaust......but no more.  Even my fuel injected car that is compuiterized and runs an ideal mixture all the time has a sooty black exhaust.
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Reply #5 - 07/31/13 at 09:10:09
 
If you're not seeing clouds out the exhaust,.. just when it collects on the brakearm (whatnot)... it's fine...

Use regular gas,... premium is waste in this bike... Wink...
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Reply #6 - 07/31/13 at 10:38:52
 
Serowbot wrote on 07/31/13 at 09:10:09:
If you're not seeing clouds out the exhaust,.. just when it collects on the brakearm (whatnot)... it's fine...


Cool! No clouds  Smiley
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