can anyone tell me if you need to make any adjustments, ie jets with these pipes. looking at a set on eBay for good price
Some are lucky enough to not need to jet the carbs, but I CANNOT stress enough how important spending that extra $80 is..My bike ran fine for about 15k then the blueing of the pipes from running lean. Then hydrolocking one morning on my way to work...which then involves removing the engine and replacing the newly broken rear case around the starter idle gear pinion. I assumed this was just a freak happening until it happened about 3k miles later AGAIN. So Guess what's happening as we speak? Yup...engine's out again and I'm paying another $200 in parts for this repair and a LOT of time which is more valuable to me.
What happens is, after switching exhaust, it changes the back pressure on the system...I'm not sure what makes the difference with the amount of time that passes before the incident happens; but, the carbs will overflow and run into the pistons overnight, then next morning or even a couple hours later upon startup. *CLINK* So now you're pulling out that thin-wall 18mm deep well and pulling the plugs hoping to turn the motor over without hearing any extra music. Then you better make sure you do an oil change because you can bet the oil will be diluted, oh yeah and your plugs will probably be fouled.
Save yourself the trouble and throw a jet kit on it and look up one of the videos on this site about how to adjust them then sync the carbs. Plus a jet kit will help your hp a little bit too so why not.
