FloppyRunner
Motorcycle Noooooooooooob
Hi all,
Did my valve clearance check today. Still plan to change oil and sync the throttle bodies, but I've completed the valve clearance check and put in new spark plugs. When I started it to make sure all was OK, it seemed to idle lower than it used to. I believe it was 1100-1200 at normal operating temp before, now it's at about 900. I assumed I somehow changed the sync or idle RPM and that the problem would go away with they sync I'm doing tomorrow.
But then I did a quick test drive and discovered I could almost kill the bike by lugging the engine (unlike before), and it SEEMED a little down on power. It also seemed to idle a bit noisier (but again, maybe it's just in my head).
Anywho, thinking back on it, I'm wondering if I may have skipped a tooth on the main gear. I foolishly did NOT mark the chain and sprocket for the main gear. So both camshafts are where they were with respect to the chain, but the main sprocket may not be... So my question is...can the bike run with the main sprocket being one tooth of? Or would the results be much more disastrous and obvious?
Did my valve clearance check today. Still plan to change oil and sync the throttle bodies, but I've completed the valve clearance check and put in new spark plugs. When I started it to make sure all was OK, it seemed to idle lower than it used to. I believe it was 1100-1200 at normal operating temp before, now it's at about 900. I assumed I somehow changed the sync or idle RPM and that the problem would go away with they sync I'm doing tomorrow.
But then I did a quick test drive and discovered I could almost kill the bike by lugging the engine (unlike before), and it SEEMED a little down on power. It also seemed to idle a bit noisier (but again, maybe it's just in my head).
Anywho, thinking back on it, I'm wondering if I may have skipped a tooth on the main gear. I foolishly did NOT mark the chain and sprocket for the main gear. So both camshafts are where they were with respect to the chain, but the main sprocket may not be... So my question is...can the bike run with the main sprocket being one tooth of? Or would the results be much more disastrous and obvious?