Springman wrote:
Are our carbureted bikes going to need any adjustments to ride properly? I spent a "Tour of Duty" in ElPaso (5,000+ feet) . I got there on my SX-650 Yamaha.
At the time I didn't understand much about fuel mixtures and such. But it didn't take long to learn . Seems like I went from 135 mains to 127.5 to fix it.
I could have just left it alone and suffered the low MPG but I had about 20 months to spend there so I changed to the lean burn. Funny thing is when I got back to TN I didn't feel the need to switch back !
With the factory jets I was getting 42MPG average , with the leaning jets I was getting close to 50MPG. Gas was cheep back then , but I like 50 more than 42 any day .
Once ya have enough power the rest don't mater the way I see it !
I believe I'm running 150 main and 47.5 slow speed . I've got a colection to choose from if ya think you might like to try a different size. Changing jets is less than a one hour thing.
ON A SINGLE that is !