Bottom of the carb
Bowls. I tried taking a pic of it on my finger for the forum. I checked the cam chain tensioner. Tightened it just a tiny bit, to where I could see and feel The little button move in and out with the tip of my finger with the bike idling.
I also noticed that at some point the chain has eaten through about 1/4 inch of the oil seal on the swingarm. I don’t think it was my new chain because I don’t see any wear on the chain. Took a pic of that as well. So after all this I figure I’ll see if maybe somehow the oul beimg overfilled could have been causing the problem. I took the bike down a 55 mph highway. Again, everything worked as it should. Tried to test it and tried pushing to 60, and it started bogging down again. I pulled over, looked at the carbs real quick, and turned around to head home. It did backfire a tiny bit as I decelerated from 55-45, but overall performed as it seemed like it ought to the whole way home. All of this was on a full tank of new premium gas I bought three days ago with a whole bottle of O’reilly auto house brand octane booster. It seems like a fuel related problem, but I wanted to see if anyonenhas any other ideas based on the info I provided. Also, the engine is weeping oil just a bit, mostly on the left side. I have the four copper washers from mikes to replace the stock rubber infused head bolts, and I intend to retorque the head, hoping that will stop the leaks. It looks like I’ll have to remove the gas tank to get access the all the head bolts with my torque wrench. What is the procedure for this? Cold engine? Do I warm up engine? Take it for a ride or let it idle for a bit? I also have new rubber intakes and intake gaskets from mikes, as I noticed the right side intake gasket looks wet after riding a bit. Maybe air is getting sucked in at around 60 and bigging it down? Last thing, I tried tightening my chain according to the instructions on the forum; had someone my weight sit on my bike while I adjusted the tension with the wheel adjuster screws to where the chain had about 3/4 “ slack, but when I roll it I can hear the chain binding just a little. I feel like if I loosen it up any more it will be too loose, and now that I’ve noticed the worn swingarm washer, I’m even more apprehensive to loosen it. I made sure to line up the marks on the wheel adjusters equally right and left with the lines on the swingarm dropouts. What’s going on? Is it just too tight? Do I loosen it some more until it doent make this sound? I think that’s everything. Summary questions-
1-How to properly re torque head with new copper washers?
2-Did I check oil Properly?
3-What do you think is making my bike bog down in 5th around 55-60
4-Please Don’t tell me I can’t ride with the swingarm this way. I don’t want to pull it off and can’t afford the whole swingarm bushing thing right now
5-getting proper chain tension