nickza
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- Joined
- Feb 25, 2013
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- Location
- Durbanville, Cape Town
- Bike
- Kawasaki KLE 500
Need some help getting the jetting right on my 250 XCF-w please.
When I got the bike it would start when cold with the choke almost immediately but once warm it had a horrible (and dangerous) hanging idle. Having to blip the throttle a few times to get it to settle down and then it wouldn't idle properly. Turning the idle screw felt like cracking a safe as just when you thought it was good the hanging idle would come back and then it would idle low etc. Bike would start with the e-start if it had sat for about 2 minutes but only with the choke out (lead me to think lean).
Googled a bit any many forums seem to say they are quite lean so I took out the 40 pilot and put in a 42 and reset the fuel screw to 1.5 turns. This made the hanging idle issue a bit better but then it lost the ability to start using the e-start. It would kick but the wasn't happy to start with the e-start. Tweaked the fuel screw to 2.5 turns out and e-start came back but the idle is still not right.
My understanding is that when you start to hit 3 turns out on the fuel screw you should go one up on the pilot?
Currently it's: 2.5 turns out on the fuel screw, 42 pilot,. 168 main, haven't checked where the clip is on the needle as once it is past just off idle it pulls well. Unless you bump it immediately when hot with the e-start you still need the choke to get it going..
When I got the bike it would start when cold with the choke almost immediately but once warm it had a horrible (and dangerous) hanging idle. Having to blip the throttle a few times to get it to settle down and then it wouldn't idle properly. Turning the idle screw felt like cracking a safe as just when you thought it was good the hanging idle would come back and then it would idle low etc. Bike would start with the e-start if it had sat for about 2 minutes but only with the choke out (lead me to think lean).
Googled a bit any many forums seem to say they are quite lean so I took out the 40 pilot and put in a 42 and reset the fuel screw to 1.5 turns. This made the hanging idle issue a bit better but then it lost the ability to start using the e-start. It would kick but the wasn't happy to start with the e-start. Tweaked the fuel screw to 2.5 turns out and e-start came back but the idle is still not right.
My understanding is that when you start to hit 3 turns out on the fuel screw you should go one up on the pilot?
Currently it's: 2.5 turns out on the fuel screw, 42 pilot,. 168 main, haven't checked where the clip is on the needle as once it is past just off idle it pulls well. Unless you bump it immediately when hot with the e-start you still need the choke to get it going..
