| Author | Message | ||
     Spiked |
Anybody know where I can find the part number for a 190 main jet? My dealer didn't have any luck trying to look it up. I've searched the BBS, the closest I've found is the part number for the 185. Thanks in advance. Spike | ||
| Blake |
Try ASB or Sport Twin. | ||
| Rick_A |
Amybody have problems with the stock aircleaner getting roasted on the header? I decided to screw making my own, and have an S&S aircleaner on order. | ||
| Buellit |
Help...I'm having carb issues. I have Sifton cams,.010 overbore, Wiseco pistons, Force Winder intake, Force Exhaust, and Flowed Heads. In my carb I am running a .42 pilot(with a .45 a get bad coughs), a .195 main jet, and a Yost needle one clip from the bottom, and my slide has been drilled. I am getting bad top end, an occasional loud backfire, and every once in a while HORRIBLE low end. On a cold start, I have to hold the RPM's around 3K and let off the clutch(when I do that, the bike wants to die), then immediately pull in the clutch(to keep it from stalling....that's when some BAD back fires happen too.)I have to repeat this process a bunch til I will finally start to move. Then my bike will run normal...kinda. Today is when it started with an occasional backfire while just cruising, around 3k,( The revs dropped to 0 but the bike didn't die)Then the RPMs just went to back to 3K. Help Please... | ||
| Blake |
Buellit: What was the last thing you did to the bike just before these problems appeared? | ||
| Tripper |
Your intake manifold gaskets are disintegrating. Easy and cheap fix with the right tool. | ||
| Buellit |
The last thing I did was adjust my needle to help out with the top end, back down on my ignition advance, and scrap the .45 pilot jet for the .42. Before the needle and ignition adjustment my bike would barely pull past 5 grand. | ||
| Newfie_Buell |
Can someone please help? Where do I find the idle mixture screw on the stock carb.? Does anyone have a photo of this somewhere? I want to make the above mods but can't find it. Thanks, Bill | ||
| Reepicheep |
You will hopefully get a better answer then this, but here is what I remember off the top of my head. I think you mean the air mixture screw, and it is under an aluminum plug pressed into the bottom of the carb. You can get it out by drilling a small diameter hole through it (being carefull not to drill through the underlying brass screw) and using a wood screw to thread into it then pull it out. I still have the wood screw with the aluminum plug on my bench somewhere. It was a little tricky to find based on the exploded diagrams of the carb, but I was able to reason it out eventually, but I don't remember exactly how. It's on the bottom of the carb but not in the bowl and I *think* it was on the outside of the carb (away from the bike), but I don't remember clearly. If you don't get a better answer by tonight (you likely will), I will see if I can get a picture of the location and post it. Bill | ||
| Buellit |
Hey Newfie. The idle mixture screw is located at the bottom of the carb, next to the inner(the side closest to your cylinder...if the carb was on the bike)side of the float bowl. It looks like a stump, and that something should be sticking out of it, but it is sealed, check out this website. http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/ ,It has quite a few helpful carb breakdowns and a whole lot of other useful stuff. Just look at the "Modifying the CV carb" section. There will be a cut away of a 40mm CV. The idle mixture screw is number 9 on the diagram. Hoped this helped | ||
| Techietork |
Scott, I highly recommend getting the breather hoses out of the Air Box! I talked to the big dog hisself, "Brian Nallin of Nallin Racing" he said that you are turning your bike in to a coal burner with them in there! I pulled the cover off and I found the the tubes at idle are pushing essentially carbon monoxide into your FresH Air Intake! I sealed off of the box, ran the hoses behind it and installed a "Krank Vent" ($70.00) per Brians recommendation. The Krank Vent is a one way valve that creates negative pressure below the pistons(crank case). The bike revs quicker, smoother, idles butter smooth and pulls cleanly from 2k up in all gears! By far the best performance bang for the buck of anything I have put on my X-1! (Krank Vent, Race ECM,K&N filter kit, fuel catalyst and V&H Pipe! On order 1250cc Millennium Cylinders, Nallin Hurricane Pistons.) Give it a shot I promise you will be amazed! Scott G Millennium X-1 | ||
| Newfie_Buell |
Buellit, Excellent site, thanks a bunch, when I install the V&H Exhaust I will be able to make the changes. Bill | ||
| Aaron |
ScottG: I have never been able to get the breather check valves to show up on a dyno, on any bike, and I have tried it on 4 different bikes, some I've tried multiple times. If it rev'ed freerer, it would show up, that's what a Dynojet measures. Rerouting the breathers does show up, however. Look back in the breathers page archives. AW | ||
| Techietork |
Aaron, The 3-5 hp gain that is sometimes claimed with the vents lets just say I am Highly skeptical! I routed the hoses and installed it all at once. As I mentioned above my engine reacted to the changes as listed. The main reason I went that route was to stop the oil puking. Other people I know who put in the crank vent said the bottom smoothed up dramatically! The Hp/torque thing I would agree with (0) benefit! They save on gaskets also by relieving pressure! What showed up on the dyno as far as the breather hoses go? I have a good one for you! Do you know where a Hooligan can find larger fuel injectors for the X-1? Thanks Scott G Millennium X-1 | ||
| Buellit |
For an FYI about my predictament, I just talked to the head mechanic, Kevin, at Bumpus Harley Davidson(In Murfreesboro...for any of you Tennessee folks out there)about my carb issues. He said that I have there is a good chance that my bike could be over jetted. He recommended that I install a CC Rider Recalibration Kit(Does anyone outthere have any feedback on these?). So I am going to pick one up tomorrow and install it tomorrow night. Then I will do a plug check Friday morning. Then I will post the results on it. Hope this might help someone. | ||
| Mikej |
sale page A quick search turned up the above site showing an air/fuel K&N kit, and the CC Rider kit farther down the page. Basically the CCR kit looks to be doing the similar "standard" setup as noted on the site here and on the ATB site under their tech section. I think the common judgement is, you can either spend over $30 for a kit, or under $15 for jets and no kit. YMMV. | ||
| Buellit |
I checked out the link that you posted(pretty cool fuel/air ratio meter...a little pricey though). I have tried the "standard" mods listed above and all I got were some mean carb spits at crusing speeds and a set of fouled NGK's. The thing that makes this kit different is the slimmer diameter needle(which is probably similar to the old sporty needle, only the one included in the kit is adjustable), a different emulsion tube, and a lighter spring. I will look further into it annd see if there are any other differences and let you know. I think that I am going to give it a shot. If this does not work then I am just going to get my hands on a 42 Mikuni with Mr. Bush's ,oh so kind(note sarcasim)tax advance and have the scoot thrown on a dyno. It is really starting to annoy me. | ||
| Techietork |
Hooligans, Does anybody know where to get larger fuel injectors for the x-1? Scott G Millennium x-1 | ||
| Buellit |
Well here is my feedback on that jet kit that I bought. In my personal opinion the CC Rider CV Carb Recalibration Kit sucks. The emulsion tube has only two holes(as compared to my Yost, which has about 20).The jets that come with it are not compatable with my Yost e-tube. I used a 170, then, a 180, then a 190, then the 200....all of which made for horrible performance(On hard acceleration, the motor would seriously bog down, until I backed off the throttle more than halfway). I promptly removed the new e-tube, pain in the ass incompatable jets, and their needle(*I did retain their lighter spring, though*). I then put my old setup in and got the "better" problems that I was occuring. I then started thinking that I might have a pinched diaphram. So I yanked it, and just replaced it and I still am experiencing the same issues. I am now starting to think that it might be my petcock starving the carb in the upper RPM's( I hate that word, so from now on I will refer to it as a fuel valve.)I am going to order a Pingel Guzzler sometime this week. I will post later. Any opinions...feedback? | ||
| Jmartz |
This morning I started the bike to go to work. The sun was not very high over the horizon and it was still rather dark. To my surprise the CF hamcan stared glowing like a lantern. For a few seconds I tried unsuccessfully to put out the fire inside of it but a hard throttle finnaly killed it. Freak occurrances do come my way sometimes. Guess I might be in the market for a new race a/c or perhaps I'll should start running an open stack. jose | ||
| Blake |
Dang, that's kindy scary, a bit humorous too though.  Glad you didn't flambe the entire bike! | ||
| Tripper |
Only you Jose, only you... | ||
| Jmartz |
Tripper: Missed you at the Dragon. Now that I know my way around the area you are welcome to come anytime. There might be a month or two with ice and crap on the roads but that will depend on the severity of the winter. Fact is that it is even possible to do the ride and return to Atlanta, althogh that's a bit rough on you butt, especially on an S1. Jose | ||
| Tripper |
How far is Deals Gap from Hew Hampshire? Closing in on a job, keep fingers crossed. | ||
| Bigblock |
Buellit, I'm not sure what type of problems you're having, but I have a 2000 M2 w/ a yost kit, plus I have cams in my bike, I am running a 200 main, a 45 low speed, and I have a Pingel fuel valve, which made all the difference in the world, I just couldnt get the darn thing jetted right w/ the stock petcock. I was running a 185 jet for a while, after I had repacked my vance+hines, but it blows out in a week, and that got old after 3 tries, so I'm back to the 200. | ||
| Rick_A |
I highly recommend the Dynojet Thunderslide kit. What a difference. Installation and setup are a snap, too. | ||
| Scotty |
Dose any body know if there is a performance difference between the Buell Pro-Series race air cleaner and the race air cleaner. They look the very similar in the Buell catalog. | ||
| Karl |
Can anyone help a Buell Newbie?? After years on japsters I finally treated myself to a brand new X1 a few weeks ago and I love it already. I had a Wileco zorst fitted by the dealer - he said he had to fit it because the bike needed to be "set up" on the scanalyzer. Well I'm an engineer and tbh the engine feels weak to me. It gasps if I wind the throttle open in a highish gear and will spit, it tends to ping and when blipping the throttle just off idle it will spit and feels as lean as hell. The dealer sounded like a bit of a bullshitter tbh (i'm in the uk) and I have been told since that he may could not have changed the fuell map anyway. Having spent hours on the net researching this, it sounds quite common. It's a shame because it spoils a bike that I already adore! I imagine it's the pipe causing the problem but I didnt get to try the bike with the original zorst. So... Was the dealer bullshitting me? Would the race ecu fix the problem or would I be better off with the powercommander and aftermarket O2 sensor. Should I just refit the original pipe? Thanks for any help | ||
| Clydeglide |
Karl, You will need the race ecm to make it play correctly. That will get rid of the lean side. The dealer needs to reset the timing to eliminate the pinging. This can be done at the same time because the dealer needs to 'zero' the tps when the race ecm is installed. I wouldn't spend the money on a power commander as the race ecm should give you what you need. Clyde | ||
| Oz666 |
Hi all, I keep seeing references to an air/fuel gauge (meter?). Where can I find one? Will it work on my `98 S3T or does it only work with the DDFI unit? More info=better tuning, gauges that work are GREAT... Oz |
