Subject: RE: Is your Loop cold blooded
Author: Scott Dean
Date: Nov 21, 2004, 8:44 AM
Post ID: 1717922096
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<P>Looks like I can rule out that something is "wrong" with the bike as it was set up to run perfect for our Seattle summer and fall. I had not ridden for a couple weeks and as one person wrote, with the choke off after a mile or two it sputtered and backfired through the carbs. </P>
<P>I ran with the choke on till I got up to speed on the highway, but I have 30mm carbs with individual flip up levers and they are a bit hard to flip at 60 mph in the cold at night.</P>
<P>Fortunatly I am not dependent on the bike, just ride when it is not raining every so often to remember I am alive, and in the cold its like going to the dentist with no anesthetic, I do it to remind me I am alive.</P>
<P>Scott<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: Charlie Mullendore <li-@loopframe.com>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com
<DIV></DIV>>To: Loopfram-@topica.com
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: Is your Loop cold blooded
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:45:08 +0000
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<DIV></DIV>>Rejetting for colder weather may help, though I'm not sure what would
<DIV></DIV>>help. Maybe a bit larger pilot jet?
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<DIV></DIV>>Used to ride my first Morini down to 30*F or so (back in '85 or so), but
<DIV></DIV>>the coldest I've had the Ambo out in was 42*F. Just don't enjoy riding
<DIV></DIV>>in frigid temps even with warm gear. If you don't enjoy it, why do it?
<DIV></DIV>>Cheers,
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<DIV></DIV>>Lannis wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> > That being said (and no more), my Eldo is cold-natured, much more so
<DIV></DIV>> > than my FI Centauro. On mornings in the mid-to-high 20's, sometimes I
<DIV></DIV>> > have to leave it on "choke" (so to speak) for 10 miles or more before it
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > will behave and stop spitting back through the carbs on deceleration.
<DIV></DIV>> > When it gets colder, I'm afraid it may never warm up, without somehow
<DIV></DIV>> > cutting off the airflow to the cylinders. Some sort of leg-shield in
<DIV></DIV>> > front of the cylinders would seem to be in order.
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<DIV></DIV>> > Lannis
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<DIV></DIV>>Charlie
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