Hi There
Just found this place after rooting around for a decent one to join - looks like i found home
I'm on my 3rd 900ss (the other two having been nicked) - this ones a half faired '91 that I've had for a few years, most of it spent at the back of a mates garage due to work/kids etc... stock engine, 916 single seat conversion, hi level carbon micron race cans, powerbronze twin spot fairing conversion - all my mates ride japo's and dont quite get why i dont do the same... but that's their problem hehe.
It's done 15000 miles from new and seems to have quite enjoyed it's little rest because after going right over the obvious stuff (earth straps and the like) it is running very well, if a little lumpy and poppy low down, but I'm putting that down to carb balance cos that's yet to be done - got a couple of questions tho that someone might be able to answer....
..first off when I was scanning through the message board i read one about the top tank vent valve arrow pointing towards the front and not into the tank.. I'd been told that it was the other way round by the (not so local) duke garage! - and had it fitted that way... I've turned it round to see what happens but havent yet had a chance to give it a proper run to see... the valve itself is working fine (blow without resistance one way, and slight the other) but what would i notice if this were fitted backwards ?
Also the bike seems to be leaning out or losing power further up the rev range - the other ones I had would storm clean to 9000 in pretty much any gear, but this one seems to struggle from about 7500 onward - any suggestions where to start with that ?
Next on my list of addons is a stage 2 dynajet/k&n/open box upgrade but having owned 900's that performed better than this one I dont want to resort to using that as a 'fix' for poor performance, but would rather get the bike running best stock first...
Lastly my monoshock is leaking and will probably have to be replaced... mainly because it has no identifying marks so I dont know what it is! - maybe someone has seen one.. it's got a blue spring and chrome body with a single rebound damping adjuster at the top which is a round chrome knob ??.. it appears to work quite well, I stripped the spring off at the weekend and the ram itself works fine despite the leak (which is only very slight at the moment, but I'm expecting it to fail when all the oil is gone) - if I cant identify it can anyone recommend a good aftermarket replacement... I've had white power and bitubo in the past and liked them both but would be interested in opinions.
..sorry for the long first post.... beats the hell out of 'hi.. I'm a newbie'
..oh - I'm in the wilds of bonnie scotland (where god hid all the good tarmac) - so if there's any other Northern members giz a shout
Cheers all
Dano