Checked needle - ok. Just seems to be running lean mixture... Will get to adjusting it first thing tomorrow morning.
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Checked needle - ok. Just seems to be running lean mixture... Will get to adjusting it first thing tomorrow morning.
This procedure, each time before you go to work, you can do step by step, or more precisely, tight (to make richer mixture) or loose (to make a leaner mixture) mixture screw in steps of, say, 1/8 of full circle (at least I did that way), not at once (unless you have experience with carbs... or "Colortune" kit.... or CO2 analyser...).
A quarter of a turn of the mixture screw solved both: the white smoke problem and the unstable idle problem. The bike's torque curve became more, well, curvy and less flat. Thanks all :)
Do you think that you solved the problem? You may have alleviated the symptoms but not resolve the problem completely.
I would still check color of spark plugs electrodes. If you are not pouring some local OM gasoline with only-God-knows-what-kind-of-supplements, grime on the electrodes is a very reliable indicator of air and fuel mixture.
took the plug out, seems to be ok...
Take a job big or small do it right or not at all.
Plug Chop
Sure. Did the plug chop test yesterday with the new plug so as to be sure of readings. Brownish color - seems to be fine. White smoke's gone. Stalling gone. Stable idle, doesn't cut off at sudden stops. Way better than it was.
Bet that your relieved, now you can just enjoy it.
I am :) Except for one thing: the rear light assembly somehow loosened itself and just fell off hanging by the wire. TIC. Should have checked all the bolt connections and probably loctited them. It must be vibration that did it. Tightened it up yesterday hope won't happen again.
If you're going to take out tool box, use this opportunity and check all the rest screws and bolts.
BTW, you wrote that behind you more than 500 kilometers. Have you changed oil so far?