After a carb/cam upgrade, a windshield swap, the next thing will probably be a real cruise control. I have a simple throttle lock already, but that really isn't much good on the hills on my commute from MN to IL, which takes me over the hills in west Wisconsin. maybe the team here can offer opinions/recommendations on that too?
now she grumbles and chugs and growls up to around 2400, then, as if I'd thrown a switch, takes off like a raped ape to 4000 and beyond, if allowed to do so. It's quite ... exhilarating ;-)
it is indeed a pig in the parking lot. As I said earlier, she is tall and squirrelly at a standstill; the darn thing took me down six times
Can anyone point me to graphical info on how to remove the carb block? T-Cro, I think you said a while back you had a workshop manual and micro-fiche on DVD; is there something I can beg/borrow/leach/steal that'll get me what I need?http://www.cog-online.org/clubportal/clubstatic.cfm?clubID=1328&pubmenuoptID=30890
.... I brought the idle up to just under 1000, as it still dies occasionally when dropping to idle at a stop or a corner, but a carb clean and re-jetting will fix that, I'm sure.
So instead of a five-speed Connie, it seems that all this time I had a three cylinder Connie :-)
Re: the balaclava, you're saying the cheapest one on that Aerostich page is the best bet? That's a first - I'd have expected to have to buy the most expensive one.
Ha - I just read that it was running on 3 cyls all along. I've had conversations with other connie owners about this exact thing - guys who have poorly running bikes, but really don't know what a good running connie can do because "it's always been that way" . Based on the carbs I see, there's alot of cruddy running bikes out there.Yep, there's comfort in numbers: if I'm suffering, I'm in good company ;-)
Hey guys, I want to run my carbs past the local Kawasaki dealer for a quick clean before I send them south to visit Steve for the winter (!). How long should it take for a couple of reasonably competent guys to pull them out, approximately?