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Re: SD900 runs rough
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:07 am
by peaky
I tried for a year to balance my carbs. Couldn't do it. Rebuilt the carbs. Things got much better, but there was still a hiccup in the idle. When I replaced the insulators, and rebalanced, it went away. Try balancing first, it costs nothing and at worst will rule out the simplest solution. If you bleed Ducati (like Steve
) you can do it by sound. The ghost of my mechanical engineer father forced me to use gauges.
Re: SD900 runs rough
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:27 am
by BevHevSteve
glad you got er done. Time is money though, so all the things experimented with then the TIME spent rebalancing, I mean, attempting to rebalance the carbies has the be factored in.... Bottom line is you got it running right ultimately which IS the goal afterall, right <>
Re: SD900 runs rough
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:16 pm
by radecal
G'day mate,
I am in Mackay. Heading through Rocky in a week's time and will be in Happy Rocks for a week then heading back.
Give me a yell if you need a hand.
[email protected]
Regards,
Re: SD900 runs rough
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:30 am
by Mozz
G'day Rad
Ahhh, beautiful Mackay..wished I lived up there, too hot here1
Great to hear you're coming my way. I've sent you an email just a minute ago
cheers
Mozz
Re: SD900 runs rough
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:22 am
by peaky
.......and credit where credit is due.........Rich Lambrechts truly sorted my bike.
Re: SD900 runs rough
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:34 am
by radecal
G'day all,
Managed to get Mozz's bike up and running but it was an absolute battle.
Forget the "just strip and rebuild the carbys" approach!!!!!
Almost took a bloody engine rebuild in the end.
When I get time, I will document and describe the litany of cock-ups with the bike that had me tearing my hair out.
In the end, the carbys were a minor problem that only required a clean and new bits. Tuning took about 10 minutes.
Took days to fix the rest.
Regards,