philjayny
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Hi! Finally have access to this amazing forum I've been trawling, reading, and learning from since I got my 98 Suzuki Savage four weeks ago.
So far, I've made a few changes to get it to road-worthy condition like removing the Honda 450 forks/wheel front end (fun fact: the axle is wide than the triple tree, which makes for all kinds of ****ery..) and replacing it with stock parts.
Now I'm hearing ticking in the engine which I"m hoping is just a valve issue, but am currently diagnosing for fear of a cam chain issue. (Verslagen, we're emailing about this, I'll keep you updated once I give the oil filter cover a closer listen.)
Last night I went out for my first highway ride (completely unintentionally might I add..) and noticed that the exhaust shoots a constant blue flame under high-speed deceleration (i.e. when I let off the throttle.) This means it is running rich correct? The reason I'm confused is that ever since I got the bike, it seems to be running rich (best idle is at .5 turns out). I switched the stock pipe for the rail-mount Dyna exhaust, hoping that would fix this, (though mostly for audio and visual benefits.) and it is still running rich.
I know a solution would be to reduce the jet size, but assuming the jet is the stock 142.5, I feel like this should not be necessary (I live in NY, at sea level), and there may be a bigger issue?
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