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RIDE OFF. Due to no other riders being able to make it I will postpone this ride and put one up in a few weeks with a bit more notice and more kms. Cheers
Looks like its you and me boze. Should be a quick loop. See you up the top.
Boony I cant help I like eye contact. It’s all about eye contact. Makes for a far more intense experience.
Great to see the new blokes are keen.
CheersG’day mate. Welcome to OBT. You have a couple of nice options in the shed by the looks of it. The 125 would be a hell of a lot of fun up here Nundle way and anywhere else for that matter. Cheers and look forward to catching up on a ride some time. I am not often down Sydney way but if you’re up for a trip to the Tamworth area there is always someone keen to accommodate.
G’day Slippery
Welcome.
Sorry to hear about the rough start with the bike. But now it is running well we look forward to catching up for a Nundle blast soon. Looks like the Tamvagas crew is getting bigger. Awesome.
Anyway, like I said to MTW, we will keep you posted for the next ride. I cant make one this weekend as it’s off to Newy for a 30th and a surf.
CheersWelcome MTW
You’re going to enjoy being a part of OBT.
I started out on a DRZ400 as well. Loved that bike. But the 2t is a lot nicer to pick up time and time again.
There is always one of us Tamworth blokes up for a ride any time you are keen.
I will let you know next time a few of us are heading out to Nundle.Cheers
Just thought I would post an update on how the Jetting/plug fouling problem is going.
First I put the standard exhaust silencer back on and took it for a spin to see the difference between it and the FMF shorty. Notice that the bike is quieter at idle and low revs, but seems almost as loud when giving it wide open throttle. Bike doesn’t have as much bottom end punch but seems to rev out better with more over rev and doesn’t seem to sign off as early. Just seat of the pants feeling.
Next I left the Jetting as was and simply mixed fuel/oil at 50:1 instead of my usual 33:1. I put a new BR8ES plug and gapped it per the manual. Fouled the plug after 3/4 tank. which was a bit better than previously.
Next I put a new BR7ES plug and gapped it per my manual (it was pretty much spot on). I then started with the JD jetting kit which recommend for my riding elevation 38PJ 162main and Needle 3rd clip. Originally I had 35pj 170main and Needle 3rd clip. I played with the air screw and ended up at 1.5 turns out. No bogging when snapping the throttle open and idle was good. Fuel 50:1, clean air filter. I then rode the same tracks (Attunga) and did close to a full tank without fouling a plug. :woohoo:
Later I took the plug out as I was lead to believe that the plug should be a chocolate brown colour if jetting is correct. The plug still looked a bit rich but nowhere near as oily as prior. Put the plug back in and this past weekend I did 85km at Nundle and still no plug problems.
Fingers crossed that this continues.
One thing to note though was that my fuel consumption didn’t improve. I still hit reserve at 82km?? Stuffed if I know, but topping up the tank is quicker than seat off and plug out.
Thanks to everyone for their help on this. Cheers.Thanks again to all the replies. Except Snowy, I know he secretly loves the headache that the smell and sound of a 2 stroke gives him. Find me a 4 stroke that has as much grin factor and I will gladly make the change.
I will push the oil ratio out to 40:1 meaning 70ml less oil per tank = more beer money
I will use the BR7ES plug as I never fouled a plug when using these – although they were pretty rich looking when I did the regular swap one out for a new which I do every 10 hours for no other reason than spark plugs are cheap and I like the idea of a reliable bike.
I though it odd that the JD kit recommends going to a larger pilot jet (38) as a first step of improving jetting when I am already clearly running too rich. But I will give all options a go and make notes of any improvements etc.
Cheers againThanks Ollie
It’s a good point to make small changes one at a time rather then changing the whole setup all at once like I was going to. After a night of reading good old google I had convinced myself I was way off in my Jetting. Some people talking that they get 130km out of a tank and I was getting 90kms and others say that their jetting has their bike pulling 4th/5th gear power wheelies – I would need to give my bars a fair tug to do that. I just though if the bike went well and no spooge running down my silencer that I must have been close to OK jetting.
I wasn’t aware that more oil would lean the mixture off. I just thought more oil would be better for the bottom end etc Bel Ray si7 is fully synthetic that can be mixed between 20:1 to 50:1 – I might give 40:1 a shot. CheersThanks for the replies guys. Looks like its just going to have to be a day spent testing. I will be putting the standard exhaust back on which has fresh packing in it, the br7es plug will go in and I will try the following: Pilot 38, Main 162, red JD needle on clip 3 and play with the air screw. This seems to be the combo recommended in the JD jetting kit. Cheers
You have it pretty much sorted based on what I saw Demus do to a watered DRZ that went deep at Lake Bollocks a while back. The only thing Demus did which I would like to know why was before removing the spark plug he left the bike in gear and pushed the bike backwards a few times. Not sure what this did?? In the end, pull the filter, pull the plug, drain the carb bowl, tip the bike up like its doing a 12’oclock wheelie and turn the motor over a few times to get out any sucked in water. On this occasion the bike ran but ran very rough and fouled a plug. Got it home and drained the oil which now looked liked a shitty choc milk, new spark in and fresh filters. The old drz has done another 1000km since and no troubles.
I went to a Pirelli Scorpion mx extraX 120/100/18 on the rear of my 300 and I think it is great. Great grip in the wet stuff and on the singles. Prior to this I had a Dunlop 100/100/18. not a bad tyre but I was frequently getting pinch flats with that tyre and have had none since going to 120 and still run the same pressure etc. Probably just a coincidence and I will now get 3 flats this weekend. The 120 beside a 100 is significantly taller and maybe a little heavier. But I will be sticking with the 120 from now on. Try the 120.
Yep you summed it up well Boze. After receiving a call at 6 from Boze i figure why the hell not. The bike was on the ute and i had an approved leave pass. I was also sold a very convincing ‘it will be rain free from 8am onwards’. Turned out he was talking about 8am Tuesday. Anyway. No dust. Great trails and great blokes. The new singles of Snowy’s and Demas’s are tops. The wet ground helped the new trails get roughed up by a pair of 300s a nice new 500 and sweep who was now leading and by his exhaust note he was having fun. It wasnt a big ride but a good chance to get some ride time in less than perfect conditions. You can never over practice hitting wet branches and roots at speeds too quick for your abilities. By the end we were soaked, cold and buggered. Perfect. Cheers
Go a 300 Dude and spring it to suit your size (Sherco, Beta, Fantic/Gas Gas and TM all make a solid 300 that isn’t orange). You could throw a 300 around like a bmx. But if you did go a 450 I reckon the Beta 480 looks nice and Beta are well priced. Don’t know when the Sherco 450 hits the stores but it would be worth a look as well. Both brands are growing and offer a great alternative to the common orange trail bike. Picking a new bike sounds like a good problem to have. Cheers
G’day Rayza
Welcome to OBT
As Bollocks said, with the rain we are having today a ride is on the cards very soon. Hopefully you have some time off over the next week or so and we can see if we can get a ride going.
Look forward to roosting some mud with ya mate.
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