OldTLSDoug
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Yesterday I swapped throttle bodies onto the Super Duke 990 to replace the secondary butterflies. I picked up all of my lost bottom end torque. Almost looped her when I smacked second from a first gear power wheelie. Seems much more "beastly", an excellent piece of work if I say so myself.
Today, I put the stage II hot cams with compression release into the DR-Z so I can start her easier. While in there I also installed the kickstarter I have been holding onto for a year or two. Well, I had some ups and downs, but got her done. Had the exhaust cam out 4 times (first 3 were math errors, when subtracting to determing new shim size, one should use enough math to ensure you leave room for the gap) and finally got them all spot on. If I could have mathed it out I would have pulled it once.
As I installed teh kcickstart, I did find out that I installed the retainer for the idler gear bushing backwards and it was rubbing on the clutch basket. I must have missed it. Usually I don't miss stuff like that. Anyway, kickstart install was uneventful otherwise. Until I kicked it the second or third time. Since I was wearing a tennis shoe, I slipped, got shin to footpeg as foot came off kickstarter, then continued to knee down on lift then slid foot out to floor and tweaked hip. So the key would have been to better secure the bike before I started it on the lift. I am sore but no longer limping.
The DR-Z idle was way off, I kept slowing it down and finally got around 1400-1600 and she is good. The bottom is a touch better with the new cams and she runs out a little bit early up top, but if you never rode it with the other cams you wouldn't notice. She is a goer now. I kicked her to life a lot and when I got home the battery will now handle cranking duties quite well. So this is also a win win.
Next up is the DR-Z70 to get a carb clean so she will be more attractive to a future buyer here at Christmas time. And of course, I need to finish wiring Mr. 1969 CJ5. Life is good. Of course there is still V Strom stuff ahead but I think I am on the downhill side of that mess.
Today, I put the stage II hot cams with compression release into the DR-Z so I can start her easier. While in there I also installed the kickstarter I have been holding onto for a year or two. Well, I had some ups and downs, but got her done. Had the exhaust cam out 4 times (first 3 were math errors, when subtracting to determing new shim size, one should use enough math to ensure you leave room for the gap) and finally got them all spot on. If I could have mathed it out I would have pulled it once.
As I installed teh kcickstart, I did find out that I installed the retainer for the idler gear bushing backwards and it was rubbing on the clutch basket. I must have missed it. Usually I don't miss stuff like that. Anyway, kickstart install was uneventful otherwise. Until I kicked it the second or third time. Since I was wearing a tennis shoe, I slipped, got shin to footpeg as foot came off kickstarter, then continued to knee down on lift then slid foot out to floor and tweaked hip. So the key would have been to better secure the bike before I started it on the lift. I am sore but no longer limping.
The DR-Z idle was way off, I kept slowing it down and finally got around 1400-1600 and she is good. The bottom is a touch better with the new cams and she runs out a little bit early up top, but if you never rode it with the other cams you wouldn't notice. She is a goer now. I kicked her to life a lot and when I got home the battery will now handle cranking duties quite well. So this is also a win win.
Next up is the DR-Z70 to get a carb clean so she will be more attractive to a future buyer here at Christmas time. And of course, I need to finish wiring Mr. 1969 CJ5. Life is good. Of course there is still V Strom stuff ahead but I think I am on the downhill side of that mess.
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