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Riding while Lean
08/09/17 at 17:29:32

so I received my jet kit from lancer but probably won't have time to re jet until this weekend. I've had my bike parked for about a week and a half because I'm worried about damaging my engine. I've got the itch to ride now though so how quickly can running lean damage engine? I work about 5 miles away and was wondering if I rode it there and back if I would be doing much harm?

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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #1 - 08/09/17 at 17:47:46 Don't run it at WOT and you'll be fine.
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Sosacj21 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 38	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #2 - 08/09/17 at 18:04:58 Ok cool yea I'll just be crusing it that's not a problem. Thanks 👍
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #3 - 08/09/17 at 19:19:44 Get up to a steady speed and click the choke out one click. If you feel better power, leave it out.
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madmikesmech Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 227 Olean ny Gender:	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #4 - 08/10/17 at 18:16:59 Are the jet kits Lancer sells original Mikuni jets?
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Tobias dk YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 30	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #5 - 08/10/17 at 23:00:26
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10668 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #6 - 08/11/17 at 02:47:47 madmikesmech wrote on 08/10/17 at 18:16:59: Are the jet kits Lancer sells original Mikuni jets? Yes they are.
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Sosacj21 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 38	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #7 - 08/11/17 at 12:14:35 Hey Lancer got a question. So I was talking to a mechanic that was going to help me with putting in the bigger jets and he is claiming it won't work and that the kits come with different needles and I would need those. How much of that is true for this bike??
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #8 - 08/11/17 at 12:27:18 He's wrong.
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SALB Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 668 Whittier, AK Gender:	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #9 - 08/11/17 at 12:34:28 Everything you need to know about jetting, among other things. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1181745927
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Sosacj21 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 38	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #10 - 08/11/17 at 12:57:54 Ok cool thanks guys. Yea that didn't sound right to me and now I have my doubts about having him help me lol
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Re: Riding while Lean
Reply #11 - 08/11/17 at 13:32:33

Anyone who IS a mechanic can help, once they have a clue.
You Can wreck the carb just getting it apart.
Those are JIS screws, not #2 Phillips.
You Can grind the tip of a Phillips till the X fills the slots.
If you have to get rough, put something under the cast aluminum tab the screw is through, don't bust it off.
Penetrating oil , Patience, and either use Antiseize or replace them with SS Allen heads . Or both

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Re: Riding while Lean
Reply #12 - 08/11/17 at 13:34:02

He is probably saying that you will need the pilot needle that comes with the kits that has a circlip with different ribs so you can tune it up or down. That isn't required as you can still adjust it by doing the "white spacer mod" that you will see referred to many time here. You just need to be careful not to damage the rubber diaphragm and make sure to use a JIS screwdriver to remove the screws holding the needle in. These are JIS (Japanese) screws and if you aren't very careful using a standard phillips you can strip the tiny screw heads out. Ask me how I know.

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #13 - 08/14/17 at 15:14:12 You can't clean the slide and needle and carb body too much before you reassemble it. You might wanna wear gloves at that stage too. Fingerprints can cause symptoms that you'll chase for weeks ... Ask me how I know
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2775	Re: Riding while Lean Reply #14 - 08/14/17 at 19:52:28 I don't need to ask, because my slide was sticking recently. Took it out and the coating was wearing off and sticking to the carb. Shot a little carb cleaner in there, wiped everything down, put it back together and it's runs fine now.
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