Right on man. Chris is a great guy. I don't think you'll regret it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGB
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Right on man. Chris is a great guy. I don't think you'll regret it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGB
Hello everyone! I just received my Heist today! I look forward to having fun and learning more about this bike with all of you! Gardo, PM sent.
welcome steeltoe!
Welcome,enjoy the bike and be safe!
Welcome to the forum, Steeltoe. Where in the US are you, and what do you plan to do with your Heist?
Pix most welcome -- love seeing people's bikes in their new environs.
cheers
Thanks! I live near Philadelphia, PA. As for my plans for this bike, I will first be removing the CA emissions stuff, installing a G&D long pipe, putting on the kickstart, ditching the stock mirrors for whatever I find that I like, getting the wheels powder coated red (not the spokes), spray painting the tires into whitewalls (will get some real ones after these are shot), and doing some minor pin striping. That's it for now, and it's all minor things. I still need to get my motorcycle license!!Quote:
Originally Posted by euphonius
CBG and Steeltoe Welcome to the forums and Steeltoe congrats on getting the bike as I stated in the PM its a fun ride and a great bike. CBG you wont be disappointed in the Heist. the rest of you must be getting tired of me saying that the heist is a canvas waiting for an artist. to me its the truth
Steeltoe you are about 100 miles from me an easy 2hr ride for me these days :lol8: Hope that we can hook up for a ride some time.
So tomorrow I take the Widow out to the Hamptons 115 miles one way and about 2.5 hrs roughly. Will really get a chance to feel what she is like on the interstates and the George Washington Bridge as well as I495 I95 and the rest.
Will need to write up a full report when i get back and maybe take some pics of 500 million dollar homes with the Heist in Front :naughty:
gardo, when you got the head put on your bike did you have to turn the idle way up to keep it running? got my stuff today and just finished putting it on but had to adjust the idle way up to keep it running, the bike just doesn't feel right... idk what it is exactly just something about it seems off. can't ride tonight unfortunately, the cops in my town are psycho about noise after 10, but maybe tomorrow
Did you also do the carb on your bike? What is the main jet you are using?Quote:
Originally Posted by mk2gtirob
When I did the head on my bike I redid the carb as well bigger carb, jets and all my idle seems right. now did you torque the head on correctly the gasket placement. Tzomorrow when you check it out spay around the head with a bit of 2+2 carb cleaner if the bike idle up, you are getting atmosphere and the head isnt on right
Can you cut a quick vid and post it so i can hear it?
nothing to take a video with unfortunately, and i got the carb and head straight from weaver. i readjusted the valves to spec and torqued the head bolts to 22ft lbs, which is what weaver told me to do. i wish i lived closer to his shop so i could have just had him do it all
Ok so the head should be on right and its all set correct then check your choke cable if the choke is set wrong or the needle is stuck on the spring it would give you that issue as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mk2gtirob
Call Tom in the morning and let him know whats up I will shoot him aq message with the excerpts from the board
i took extra time on the choke cable because the retainer piece the keeps the sleeve from sliding with the cable wasn't holding it in place so i made sure that was correct. for the needle being stuck on the spring, what exactly do you mean?
When I put the top most assembly together i kept getting the cable stuck in the spring (meant cable not needle sorry) and the slide needs to sit in a particular way there is a grooved piece that sits I think facing left. I dont have any picture but i know they were posted a few pages back by either Lewis or KevinQuote:
Originally Posted by mk2gtirob
i know exactly what pictures your talking about i went off those pictures when i put it together. when i throttle it opens like it should and goes back down when throttle is let off. i'm almost positive that it right.
mk2 - Sounds like the slide is in right, if it wasn't it'd be stuck at full throttle. Have you tried simply giving it a little choke until it warms up?
Really sounds like you have air leak.
Have you sprayed around the carb and head with cleaner yet? Air leaks around the carb will definitely give a funky idle. Spraying the cleaner around the leak will cause the idle to jump up. Then you know what to fix.
You'll get it man.
Yep I've tried choke, without the throttle cable adjusted so far, where you only have half twist before full throttle, that's the only way it will idle and even then it will die. Haven't tried spraying cleaner yet, but i'll stop by an auto parts store and grab some. Gonna be a long day, wont be off till 6 and this will be bothering me all day.
Call Tom and get his insight
That is my next move, gotta wait till I hit the streets, they frown upon phones here in the office
you really shouldn't have to mess with the throttle cable. Adjust it back to where it has just a hair of slack in it.
The idle is controlled by the screw on the side of the carb. It turns against the angled cutout on the slide, raising and lowering it to get the correct idle speed.
Like I said before. Im new to bikes and carbs unfortunately. Anyway you could snap a picture of that screw so I know what one it is? Thanks for helping guys
No biggie mk2, this is how we learn... I'm new to bikes and carbs too! Couldn't pick a better bike to learn on right?
I'll dig up the link to a carb how-to I put together. All the adjustments are covered in it I think....
Edit...
My Bad!! the how-to was for the jets only.
So.... the idle screw is hidden on the side of the carb behind the throttle cable and accel pump assemblies. It is NOT the visible screw holding the cable guide on. It's tucked in behind that. Turning in will raise the idle, out will drop it down. Turn it slowly and use your ears to find a smooth idle. I'll see if I can point it out in a pic somewhere.
After you get it started and running you will have to adjust the carb's a/f screw to get everything dialed in. Tom can walk you through it over the phone probably.
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...t/_DSC6672.jpg
Here is the larger visible screw holding the assemblies on. The Idle screw lives behind there. Kinda have to snake a little screwdriver in there to get at it.
Thanks for the picture kevin! Just called tom, he said that all I need to do is adjust the idle screw. He has everything else set as far as air fuel goes. Now I want to be off work even more!!
Adjusted my carb the other day and the bike is running much better, still popping a little during downshifting. Finally getting a little time to ride and the bike seems to be waking up a little as it gets some more miles. Another hundred and I'm going to see Tom for the first service and a once over.
What tire pressures are you guys running front and rear? I think I'm at 30psi front. That rear tire is a PIA to get any of my gauges on because of all the spokes.
How's the site going Gardo? I'm sure you've got a list going of all these little handy specs.
Ok, my G&D long pipe just arrived in the mail, and I will be wrapping it with exhaust wrap and installing it... but I have a very noobish question... here goes... should I wrap it and put it on, or should I put the heat shield (off the stock pipe) on it and wrap over that too for extra heat protection in that spot (so my boot heal doesn't melt)? Thoughts? Personally, I'm leaning towards just wrapping it as-is with no heat shield, as I believe that the wrap will offer enough protection, but I would like your input. Also, I'll be posting pics at some point, but the bike is just too stock at the moment and I don't want to post a pic of another stock heist until I get some of the other mods done first. THANKS!
Wrap the pipe first dude. Put the shield on or don't, but wrap it first.
EVERYONE post up some pics! Just wanna see what you guys are doing with these bikes!
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...t/_DSC9573.jpg
Wrap w/o the heatsheild. the wrap will offer more than enough protection. keep the heatshield on the stock pipe.have you wrapped a pipe before Steeltoe?Quote:
Originally Posted by SteelToe
Kev it looks good man :thumbsup:, you guys must be sick of pics of my Widow :lol8:
Can't have too much Widow bro. Post up. I was actually just thinking how good this NGK wire would look on your bike. Fits the red theme and all.
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...t/_DSC9568.jpg
It's pretty much the same as last week when I got it but I found some coke bottle grips and just stuck 'em on tonight. If my exhaust wrap shows up in time I hope to wrap it this weekend. I'm looking for a particular decal to dress up the tank, but so far I can only find it online in the UK. I've got plans for a kickstart lever that involve welding (which I don't know anything about so I'll have farm that part out). Unfortunately I don't know what kind of metal any of the known levers are made of and whether or not they're suitable to be cut and welded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kb96gt
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