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I finally cracked down and installed LED turn signals on my bike. I was fed up with regular bulbs blowing up. I had to break off the reflectors in my inner turn signal assembly, and I ended up breaking one of the tabs for my front end (leading to a bit of dashboard wobble), but the repair/replacement went well. Here's what everything looks like!

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On (Blindingly bright from head on)


What do ya think?

To be perfectly honest, I have ZERO idea on how the spark plug hole got stripped. The spark plug was put back into place firmly and has not been removed in almost two years. No HUMAN force could have stripped it. I'm thinking that it may have loosened up over time and eventually the compression from the cylinder pushed the spark plug out against the threads and stripped out the top threads, leading to low compression.

I'll get that. But here's what I've checked so far

CVT Belt: Looks okay, not too much wear, only a small chunk out of it, probably a manufacturing defect.

CVT/Clutch: Belt rides and shifts fine when on center stand, does not shift correctly when my brother is on it SOMETIMES. It's a ghost problem and can go away at any time and come back five minutes later.

Roller weights: Look fine, no unusual wear.

Carb: Cleaned 2x and tuned for slightly rich air fuel ratio. Bike idles fines and starts good.


Intake manifold: Looks great, no cracks.

Valves: Adjusted, sound great, bike starts good, no unusual wear on valve rockers or valves.

Transmission Fluid: Changed and filled.

Oil: No change since last season, is pitch black and has only had oil added since the bike started to burn oil.

Haven't checked:

Piston & Rings: Will probably never check these. My brother will get rid of this bike before he lets me tear it down.

I'll get a video of him on it and hopefully it will do it today.

Update: Spark plug looks good, but compression is almost unrunnable. Compression is coming back at 90 PSI.

You know, come to actually ride it today after the carb cleaning and the valve adjustment and the perfect air fuel ratio..I don't think it's ever run this good in its life. I mean it idles so smoothly. Purrs like a kitten. It's a tad bit faster than before. And sometimes it gives a bit of a sputter when taking off (too lean still?) but it gets right up to speed. Ah, the joys of maintenance.

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So here's the deal. I went ahead and I just cleaned the carb jets and inside of the carb. The pilot jet was SLIGHTLY clogged. After a thorough cleaning, my idle screw is now fully functional. When I put my carb back on I couldn't get my airbox back on so it was running VERY lean and sounded like a dying horse (I hate the noise of the carb drawing in air). I got the airbox back on all the way and clamped on, and it was running..lean...what the...okay, so basically I adjusted the air fuel ratio screw and now I'm at an almost perfect ratio. I'm purposely running slightly rich, so now my bike idles great, and doesn't try to die out on me. Yeah!