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Author Message   Sonicblast Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 07:09 pm:        I'm scraping on speedbumps when walking the bike.. anything I can do to boost ground clearance?   Ezblast Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 03:15 am:        Avoid speed bumps - lol EZ   Sonicblast Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 05:50 am:        lol. oh well, I tried.   Egobuster1 Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 10:25 am:        yeah theres speed bumps at my job in the parking lot and my exhaust hits them every time even if i go real slow over them   Cgent Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 12:04 pm:        With a tiny bike like the BLAST! is there a possibility of carefully going around the speed bumps ??? You mention that you are walking the bike ... guess it would be a bit heavy to carry across ... LOL   Gearheaderiko Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 05:54 pm:        You could run a custom exhaust, but that might be more trouble and cost than the aforementioned riding around the speed bump.   Sonicblast Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 07:41 pm:        Yeah.. That's one of the things I'm considering. I have a guy welding and repairing my exhaust right now because it rusted out...so its on a timer anyways. Some of the speed bumps have curbs around them in my neighbourhood so there's no going around them and I scrape no matter what. I'm considering the Vance and Hines at this point since its the most economical and I'll have to pay Harley $200 to reject the carb because I have 0 mechanical ability, lol.   Gearheaderiko Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 09:13 pm:        Okay.....we'll tell you what jets to buy and it should take a competent mechanic 45 minutes to change the jets. Most of that time will be removing the stock air box. Anybody who is comfortable with the CV carb won't have any trouble changing jets. It's a comfortable 10 minute job without the stock air box on.   Egobuster1 Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 08:52 pm:        yeah it takes longer to get that pesky airbox out of the way then it does to actually open up the carb and replace the jets.   Sonicblast Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 06:57 am:        thanks! Recommendations on which jets to buy?   Gearheaderiko Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 09:49 pm:        45 pilot/slow jet (stock on many Harley Davidsons). 175 main jet. 2 'shims' (#4 washers) on the needle. 2 1/2 turns on the idle mixture screw (aluminum screw plug will have to be removed, if its not already-very, very common alteration on CV carbs). It's all posted here on Badweb! Slow jet is a must. You could run either the 2 needle shims or the 175 main jet to save a little on MPG. But running both is best! *This will get you close or close enough in the carb tuning department and is a very common recommendation.

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