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« Reply #210 on: September 25, 2020, 04:56:02 PM »
I've got a customer with a full tilt 848 and a stock FZR400.

I rode the FZR and they're nothing below 10k
Half my brain is screaming and banging the table and shouting SHIFT
The other half is saying to wait until it sounds like it'll explode then wait some more and it'll be fine
Just can't do it
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« Reply #211 on: September 25, 2020, 05:00:51 PM »
Quote from: Speeddog on September 25, 2020, 04:56:02 PM
I've got a customer with a full tilt 848 and a stock FZR400.

I rode the FZR and they're nothing below 10k
Half my brain is screaming and banging the table and shouting SHIFT
The other half is saying to wait until it sounds like it'll explode then wait some more and it'll be fine
Just can't do it

Yep. I hear you. Things last longer when you're not on the limiter.

Also, left you a message on your shop phone tonight (my time)
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« Reply #212 on: September 26, 2020, 01:26:03 AM »


 
Quote from: Monsterlover on September 25, 2020, 02:45:08 PM
This thread is not for people that don't own Supersports to antagonize people that do  Kiss

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None of you are wrong.

But there is one still running around that I thoroughly molested, and I saw what you did to your last SS, so here I am.  Grin
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« Reply #213 on: September 26, 2020, 04:07:51 AM »
Id love to know why that engine detonated. It did not meet an honorable end.
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« Reply #214 on: September 26, 2020, 11:35:18 AM »
Quote from: Monsterlover on September 26, 2020, 04:07:51 AM
Id love to know why that engine detonated. It did not meet an honorable end.

Better that than being left to rust away behind some garage
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« Reply #215 on: September 26, 2020, 12:11:12 PM »
Quote from: Ddan on September 26, 2020, 11:35:18 AM
Better that than being left to rust away behind some garage

There's that I guess. That engine dropped a valve and that's what caused all the damage.

I always wondered if it was me not seatint the half rings correctly on the closing shims. Thinking more back on it, I did run that motor for a little while before it exploded. Test run up and down the road etc

I feel like if I didn't seat the half rings correctly that problem would have become apparent immediately
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« Reply #216 on: September 28, 2020, 05:15:17 PM »
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I feel like if I didn't seat the half rings correctly that problem would have become apparent immediately

Your clearances would have suddenly been off if you didn't have it seated right, you would have known before you put it back together
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« Reply #217 on: September 28, 2020, 05:23:17 PM »
Got the FCR's and air box in tonight. The air box was a gigantic pain in the balls.

Oil cooler is back in place and the tank is back on. Even connected and hose clamped the fuel lines Grin
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« Reply #218 on: September 28, 2020, 08:43:59 PM »
I cut off the tab which holds the cable tied loom on the steering lock/ignition. That gives 5mm more clearance for the air box. I separate the air box from the battery box for ease of assembly/disassembly. I relieve the battery box with a Dremel to expose the tops of the FCRs to allow dynamic synch and easy access for needle changes.
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« Reply #219 on: September 28, 2020, 09:47:03 PM »
Quote from: Monsterlover on September 26, 2020, 12:11:12 PM
~~~SNIP~~~

I feel like if I didn't seat the half rings correctly that problem would have become apparent immediately

Quote from: Ddan on September 28, 2020, 05:15:17 PM
Your clearances would have suddenly been off if you didn't have it seated right, you would have known before you put it back together

The first or second oil change on my S4 I found a single half-ring on the magnet.
From my memory it suddenly got really huge like I was zooming in on it but I think it was just my eyes bugging out like bugs bunny in a cartoon.
When I calmed down a little I thought about it and concluded that the valve stem would've snapped in short order on a 7mm.
I think you'd have a little longer with an 8mm valve but I'm just not seeing a 2:1 safety factor in that.
But not so much that, as the load path gets eccentric and a good bit of freeplay as well.
In my general experience those two events on a hard working mechanism and it detonates quick.
It'll just bend the valve end back and forth til it breaks then the valve falls inside.
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« Reply #220 on: September 29, 2020, 03:30:26 AM »
Quote from: Monsterlover on September 28, 2020, 05:23:17 PM
Got the FCR's and air box in tonight. The air box was a gigantic pain in the balls.

Oil cooler is back in place and the tank is back on. Even connected and hose clamped the fuel lines Grin
Are you going to seat of the pants tune the carbs, or do you have a dyno guy?
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« Reply #221 on: September 29, 2020, 03:34:35 AM »
Quote from: ducpainter on September 29, 2020, 03:30:26 AM
Are you going to seat of the pants tune the carbs, or do you have a dyno guy?

Pants. If it seems to run well I'm not touching it. Carburator is french for "leave it alone"
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« Reply #222 on: September 29, 2020, 12:45:59 PM »
Quote from: Monsterlover on September 29, 2020, 03:34:35 AM
Pants. If it seems to run well I'm not touching it. Carburator is french for "leave it alone"
Keihin is Japanese for plan to screw with them. Grin
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« Reply #223 on: September 29, 2020, 02:01:59 PM »
I have a 41 single on my supermoto and it's been set and forget.
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« Reply #224 on: September 30, 2020, 03:53:42 AM »
Quote from: Monsterlover on September 29, 2020, 02:01:59 PM
I have a 41 single on my supermoto and it's been set and forget.
Was it OEM?

I wasn't saying that they get out of adjustment. Getting it set ,optimally, can be the challenge.
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