Help Before First Ride

[Gargamel]

ok read and printed the jetting FAQ tweeked the air screws and runs better than she ever has(in the short time I've had it) but two things

 

1. how much smoke out the pipes is normal- Mine is white smoke a bit till warm, then light amount at idle and reving standing still

 

2. I noticed a bit of oil something around the silencer openings (almost a drip) is this normal or a sign of something

 

haven't touched the mains or needle or pilot

can't do a wot run cause I run out of alley way at 3rd gear and if I touch road cops show up and bitch at me.

Other than that the shee feels great 1-3rd

 

Anything else I should do before I take it out on the trails for the first time?

You all got me freaked with the whole "lean blow up thing"

Took me 2 years to save for the shee and worth it

Thanx

 

I run 32:1 yamalube with 92 oct. One other thing too, rode it for about 15min. up down alley and pipes never got to hot to touch(hot but not "burn ya hot") it's about 46ish degrees here

[banshee tuner]

It's normal to have a little oil in your header pipes right around the flange but you don't want oil coming out at your silencers. You might have just a little to much oil mixed with you gas. Some oils call for 32.1 and some call for 50.1

[Basicorpse]

Are you running the mods in your sig with stock jetting? I hope not because I am sure that your motor will be done for soon. I would probaly start out around 280 main jet and go up from there.

[2004LEBanshee]

If you bought it used and it already had pipes then it probably has been jetted or it would have already blown up. I would take the carb bowls off and check just to make sure. I would also change the crank oil.Who knows when the previous owner did it. As for the smoke, it sound fine. When I first start mine it smokes then when it warms up its gone. Then last and most improtant, have fun!

[Ducman]

Oil, smoke, all sounds normal. It can get pretty oily if you idle it or run it and fart around without getting it up to speed and ride it at WOT every once in a while to get it cleared out and ride for long enough to stay at operating temperature for about 10 minutes.

 

For Gnarlies, you need 270 main jets for the following: 45 degrees, air box lid on w/snorkel removed, foam and/or stock air filter and no other mods.

 

If you got you banshee with the Gnarlies already on it, it probably has #260 mains in it which are going to be a little lean at 45 degrees, but I wouldn't just assume that. I would go ahead and put 270's in it that way you'll know it is right.

 

If you put the pipes on yourself you must install the main jets, stock #200 mains wont work at all and will be way way way too lean.

[Dune Ratt]

i thought the more smoke the better.

[Gargamel]

I dont know what jets are in it. I bought it the day after it was traded in before the dealer serviced it and got it pretty cheep. So I've changed the oil, put the pipes on,cleaned it up and lubed chain and all greese fittings. It had after market pipes on it before it was traded in with stocks and it ran with a bog off idle when I bought it(do to jetting). So I adjusted the air screw and now pulls great from a stop with new pipes.

Taking it out in the woods the week sometime to do a wot run.

and I have been putting around the streets here hard to stay off it

Thanx for the info