Did my first real tune up after roughly 60miles if initial break in. The main issue I wanted to address was the climbing idle. But also cold starts seemed to take more hits on the button than i'd prefer...
- Pulled the tank, airbox, cam adj nut, to access the carbs. Pulled them, inspected the manifolds. No cracks, per memory during the rebuild, but made sure the mating surfaces were clean along with gaskets. Ran a small bead of Hylomar on the engine side of the gasket and torqued the manifolds back down. Reinstalled the carbs after adding a little WD40 to the housings.
- Oil change. No particles hanging on to the magnets of either oil plug. Woohoo!
- Cam chain adj.
- Checked torque on the all the head bolts
- With the tank off, decided to really take a close look at the upper engine mount grounding ability. Got the dremel out and polished an absolutely sure clean path from where the frame contacts the mount, and where the mounts pieces touch each other. Bolted it all back up.
- Greased all the chassis grease fitting points
- Adjusted plug gap from .028 to .034.
I think that covers this weekend's activity... Only managed a 30min quick run after, to test things. But the idle seemed to be more stable, and the engine fired up seemingly a little easier. I'll take it cautiously as a small win.
I do have one question for all the experts. Here's a shot of my plugs. How do they look? From a quick google search on spark plug inspection, it's possible they might be functioning as 'normal.' Famous last words!
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