Still hard starting

[zr2highrider]

I have had my banshee for about a year and a half now and it is still hard as hell to start. I have to dump a little gas in the back of the carbs to get it to fire off. I have gone through everything tha I can think of to try to get it to start easier. Good spark, New top end last year, clean carbs, choke works, ect ect. I have VF2 reeds and I can see a little light around the edges of the cages (between pedals and cages). I found some reed pedals on FAST's web site so I might be heading up there to get some but would this cause hard starting?

[Jereme6655]

you could give jeff a call and ask him if the slighty amount of light would be the cause.....however i doubt it is. what is your pilot jet size?

[zr2highrider]

Pilot is a 27.5. Main is a 320. Should I bump it up to a 30?

Mods:

VF2's, ported cylinders (looks like a 2 year old did it), T-5's, 66mm bore w/ wiseco prolights.

I run 32:1 Lucas with 91 octane.

 

 

[Jereme6655]

i would say try and go up to a 30 pilot. Alot of bikes need a 27.5 for aftermarket pipes but there are a few guys on the HQ who's bikes need the 30's to run right. The problem is that there is no SET jetting for certain mods with a 2-stroke. Every 2stroke motor is just a little different.....so you could have a 320 and a 27.5 and i could build the exact same bike with the same mods and wind up runnin a 300 and a 25 pilot and be totally jetted correct. its just the way it rolls