Subject: Re: Break in period
Author: Robert Hawkes
Date: May 15, 2001, 4:37 AM
Post ID: 1706727206
Peter,
Sure glad to hear that your experience with a loop is a good one.
I finally got the starboard cylinder to fire pretty consistently by just
changing to proper carb jet size - #60s were in there and I installed #45s
as per Mark's suggestion. Big difference. Now the bike won't start when it
is hot. Perhaps starter or coil. Will continue working on this. Wish I
was a mechanic someimes. Best, Bob Hawkes
----- Original Message -----
From: Scheer, Peter L <plsc-@tycoelectronics.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:10 PM
Subject: Break in period
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