It will never carb correctly until you learn that the endless blipping of the throttle is wrong, that isn't how to ride them. They have a very sensitive accelerator pump, just ease the throttle on and ride through. It was horrible to watch!
Well I think you explain that pretty well but at least he is out there giving it a go you are right he has to get that throttle and the right gear right and go with the the flow and trust the bike I've never heard a throttle be so throttled and all my life I've never had 10 years of my bike in my life but even if I did I would not make that much other dogs breakfast of it but like I said good on him he's out there trying a little bit of healthy criticism may help him seems like a nice young man I hope he's ok and I hope he has learnt a lot buy now
hmm.. I noticed you did not seal the end grain on the posts, no bevel on the top of the concrete where the post will sit to shed water nor did you use galvanized post bases/holders...by doing this,you will never need to worry about water being sucked into the post thru the end grain, no more rotted posts.. just sayin'
Enjoyed your video brother. Had to give up my 99 KDX200 in 2002, casualty of a divorce. Thought I would get right back on one soon after, the universe had different plans. Lost my riding buddy tragically in 05. Suffered from back pain from the time I was 23 and just dealt with it. Little did I know I had a broken L4 vertebrae revealed in 2012. By 2013 I could barely walk. First surgery in 2017 failed, second one in 2020 worked but didn't feel like it for the first 9 months after. Finally got my 12year old kid on a XR100 in May this year and in September found a great deal on an 06 450EXC. 21 years later, 54 years old now and i'm not sure i could have picked a better bike to get back into it. Sure it's a little heavy, but the torque is amazing, handles well enough for me and is sort of a Swiss army knife of bikes. Had to mess with the carb a little, and I geared it down to a 13 up front and really like that 13/50 setup. Carb is a little iffy still, will be doing a mid body kit soon. But riding season is about over out here in Reno, NV so no rush. Loved seeing a novice like me who's not afraid to admit it!
My neighbor has a frame coating buisness he recently started to prevent rust and rodents in classic cars. Hes got a c10 and a 80s bronco. If your interested.
I get so jealous when I see folks with such soft soil to dig up. I have hard clay and that takes so much work to dig up. I am going to faced with this one day because the deck builder placed the 6x6s in concrete. I am dreading it but watching as many videos to get as many tips and tricks to put together a game plan to get my mind right. What size rebar you use and how deep did you dig the holes for the rebar? Thumbs up.
Those small ports up top are just vents to the bowl. There should be 6 to 8 inch flexible tubes hanging down off them. You may need to tweak your idle mixture and speed,
After all this we did take it on a ride. It cleaned up the more we rode it but was never great. I think it really needed to be completely gone through. I also never checked compression and you be a great thing to do on an older sled.
I guarantee it just needed new crank seals on both sides. They crack and suck air through crank bearings. I just did them on my 440 fan motor. $4.55 ea. Runs like new.
How is it holding up? you reused your existing concrete and put a sonotube on top of your existing concrete. was your original post encased in concrete in the ground , and if so did you dig out the rotten wood prior to filling in?
Always use ground rated pressure treated lumber. Yellowood is'nt ground rated either, it may be pretty but its shitty wood! Home Depot sells ground rated pressure treated lumber and yes, there is a difference from other pressure treated wood. If its not ground contact rated dont use it unless its temporary!
We need do ours . Our post are 13 ft. Tall . One of our post has sank 2 inch down in ground underneath our bedroom . Will it hurt roof to jack back up 2 inch .? We put new teen on roof .
Great job. What's your thoughts on installing the stirrup slightly higher than the concrete to ensure no water accumulation beneath the timber post? I have also seen some people install the timber slightly higher so the base does not sit flush with the metal plate for the same reason.
In that position it seems you would be putting all of the weight on that little piece that goes into the concrete and therefore compromising the support strength. It would be better to place a piece of roof shingle between the wood and the strap that way you maintain all of the holding power of the concrete. I wouldn't do that. I'd just get one of the Simpson plates that raises the wood 1" up and still maintain the integrity of the concrete post support.
