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Actually, sorry for not being specific, I can't go until the 14th - 16th of October... Dammit why does this always happen. So many people it's always impossible to coordinate for everyone to be happy...

alright, our dates may not be jiving... can we punch it back another week? i have had a weekend set with a very very good buddy for awhile to go here, ever since this thread first got going. however, they can not go until the weekend of the 14th - 16th. I'm obligated to go with them and their weekend can and will not change. My wife is good friends with his wife and he's a good friend of mine, and a fellow racer that I travel with some. So, if that's the weekend for him, I'll have to be going the same weekend. Come on peeps, let's make it the weekend of the 14th.... please??

Use a little propane torch, put the flame on the plastic just a bit, don't melt it but move the flame on and off to where you can slowly heat the plastic. At a certain point, the plastic will smooth over and turn back to the original color.

My tank graphics bubbles like a mother... Makes me very unhappy...

I'll be there, along with a bud and my 3 year old.

Mikey, your still a pup. good thing you only have one year left in high school, I told you getting held back wouldn't be so bad... Happy birthday man, enjoy the rain.

So are we going 1st and 2nd or 8th and 9th? I'm kind of liking the second weekend (8th and 9th). Whatever, let me know.

the 15 tooth will really make a difference, drag-wise and trail usage. it'll be better all around.

these threads crack me up. If the 450r has a cam and exhaust, you better watch out, gear up with a 15T front sprocket and that'll definitely help. If you can pull it, go to a 38 rear as well. If he doesn't have a cam, then it shouldn't be too hard.

wait wait wait... did I miss something... WHO is pregnant? Did you get back with someone... evidently, I've been out of touch... oh and it'll be fun. do we actually have dates set?

I'm in and the wifey's in.

Go with the 35mm

I think I just saw Led jerking off...

that's the funniest shit I've heard in quite some time....

that's what the wife's for...

awesome. we'll get some people going yet.

The flex bars really help. I have them and they're totally awesome, well worth the high price. Also try this $25 training tool... The Gyro From their site: "The rotor, which can reach speeds of up to 9,000, rpm and puts out 35lbs. of torque, features a new "thermo band", which aids the user in controlling this powerhouse. The Dyna-Flex Pro a newly designed fun and almost addicting new product that is not only can be used as an executive relaxer, a carpal-tunnel/arthritis reliever, or a strength and coordination builder, but will knock your socks off! Wherever tasks necessitate repetitive wrist motions that includes flexion, extension and rotation or if you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome or repetitive motion trauma then, the Dyna-Flex is a product that you should be using."

I'll say this and I'm done. It's no big deal and no need for us to get in a pissing match. That "definition" is in regards to automobiles and the principal is 100% the same, I agree with you completely. Where I differ, as you already know by now, is that these steering changes are also affected by terrain. You hit an 6" stump with your left front, that's going to compress your left front shock and jam the front of your quad to the left. In extreme situations, this has broken and jammed wrists. This is also known as bumpsteer. My truck has 7" of lift. On occasion, if I hit some pretty big potholes or joints, it'll cause the steering wheel to jerk to either direction. This is also bumpsteer. The combination of the suspension compression and the leverage on the front wheel/tire. As I said, I agree with you on the principle of what bumpsteer is, and hitting these... obstacles, we'll call them, basically points out this flaw in a suspension setup. If you can build a suspension the way it should be in a perfect world, then bumpsteer would be so minimal, it wouldn't be noticeable, and when you hit these obstacles, the suspension would compress and rebound the way it should with no change in direction. Basically, this is what I know and this is a standard in our "industry; Bump steer = Anything that changes the direction that a tire is pointed, other then rider input.

wildgoose, does your tank plastics bubble with the hole? My kit has little slits rather than holes and the slits get dirt sticking on them after a ride and they won't let the tank vent. Just thought I'd ask. Oh yea, go for the tires, you'll be fine.

pull the choke and see if it gets better or worse. you didn't list what pilots your running. also, read the "troubleshooting your jetting" thread stickied at the top.

1/4 throttle does not equal the main jet. it's more like the pilot / needle combo. Read the "Troubleshooting your Jetting" faq at the top and get back. Scott

Bump steer is a change in steering going through it's travel as you mentioned, but it's caused by ANY "outside force" or ANYTHING other than the steering wheel. Bump steer is when your wheels steer themselves without input from the steering wheel. This steering change is caused by bumps changing the direction of the front wheels and by bumps in the track interacting with the angles of your suspension and steering linkages like you mentioned... but, what causes the suspension to move up and down? It wouldn't be a concern if the world was smooth, but it's not. The bumps, holes, etc. is what causes these changes. Bumps affect the steering in two ways. 1) causing the suspension to compress, 2) directly affecting the direction of the wheels. What most people feel and refer to as bump steer in the atv world is the direct steering changes of bumps. We encounter so much rough terrain that if all we had to deal with was the arc of the suspension, we'd be great, but it's not and that steering change caused by the arc is fairly minimal when comparing it to hitting a baseball sized rock at 40mph. Sure, on a TT track or racing cars or something, that's a lot different, but that's not what we're discussing. The perfect way to correct this steering change would be to make both the length and the center point of the two arcs of suspension travel the same so there is no steering change through the travel. We can't do that, so the best way to fight this is to use a wheel that will provide the least amount of side leverage on the tire so your mainly dealing with vertical bump steer and to try to control it all with a stabilizer. And if you can't control bump steer with a stabilizer, why is there such a HUGE market for them and 99% of all racers rely heavily on them, including myself. Have you ever ridden with one? You don't think wheel spacers affect wheel travel? First off your placing the wheel so far away from the ball joints, the leverage a bump, hole, log would have on the steering is greatly enhanced. Also, moving the wheel farther away from the inside pivoting point does increase travel and therefore creates more issues with the arc of the travel, not too mention make the springs softer than what they're designed to do which will affect the overall speed of the travel. If you think it's fine to run wheel spacers up front and there will be no adverse effects to the steering, then go for it. Your way too technical and trying to show everyone how smart you are. I was trying to be very basic to make it easy for people to understand and explain it in a simpler way. Have a good one MonkeyBoy

but we don't know your elev. and we don't know his. we also don't know all your mods or his. start slow, not big and do the changes one at a time so you know exactly what change does what...

Yea, go down to a 188 main or 185 and see how that goes. Also take your pilot to a 48 and check it out then.

sounds like the pilot and possibly needle. you need to go back to the drawing board on the lower rpm jetting... it's not idling and it dies when you let off because the pilot jet either does not have enough fuel to keep it running or it's trying to foul out. Next time it dies, pull a plug and see what it looks like. Also, is it backfiring, popping?