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Old May 18th, 2011, 10:49 PM   #52
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Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250r

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Originally Posted by setasai View Post
That's what I was wondering. Amazing how all this works out. I still havent had a chance to fix the vacuum leak but once I get that fixed i'll take another stab at the idle screws and the carb sync. Seeing as I only shimmed the original needles, I'll have to keep in mind what they're set at. With infared thermometers, even if you got it at the same temp, how would you know it's not overall rich or overall lean? Besides seeing if it runs crappy.
You can't really tell when going by temperature alone. That's why its best to do the coarse adjusting first by blipping the throttle and looking for hangs or drops in the tachometer. Ride the bike and see how it feels, then make minor adjustments according to the exhaust temp from there.
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