yet another no idle thread.

[GMP]

stainless,

I sent you the needles Fri, you should have them Mon.

[stainlesscycle]

received the needles today. THANKS!

ok, so i knew the jd red was the leanest on the straight diameter, so i popped it in.

jd red #3
P:45
mj: 178
air screw:2.5

by making some measurements i knew i had to be richer than my ddk on both pilot and main. i was surprised how much richer i had to go on the main. i don't know how my fuel consumption will end up....

bike idled great, started easy, and pulled nice.

to verify i was close, i went to
42 pilot
air 1

and idle would hang before returning. know that 1 turn out left me little wiggle room for dropping temps (it's 95 degrees here today) i switched back to 45 pilot.

i also went to clip #4 to get rid of a very slight lean bog at mid throttle. and to calm it down just a little bit.

i went to 180 main to be on the safe side of the main, no bog on top, and no stutter. it's not like i'm on the main for more than a few seconds anyways.... not a ton of overrev but i don't need it like i did on the 200.

so: hot weather jetting 2000 ec300, messico pipe.

jd red #4
air 2.5
pilot 45
main 180

bike rips. i will have to go out and give it a bit more testing, but it seems pretty close. i might even go bigger on the main - it's not stuttering yet.


idle problem solved. so as others have said, when it gets hot out - and your idle screw has no effect. the only solution to no idle is to go with thicker needle diameter, or leaner slide cutaway.

[Jakobi]

Glad to hear you got it sorted!

[GMP]

I thought the JD Red would work. The Blue is perfect in a 250 and all I do is drop the pilot one size when it gets warm like it is now. I'm running a 180 main so you may be able to go to a 178 in the 300 after some WFO tests. Fuel consumption is very good with the Blue so I suspect you will be in good shape!

[rod]

I have a JD jetting kit that i bought 5 yrs ago, it is non bike specific, label on the plastic container reads....
Keihin 38-39mm PWK, MX/Enduro jet kit, Part# JDKH01.

Is this the same kit you people are referring to, or have the needles changed since then?

[stainlesscycle]

yes, it should be the same.

[GMP]

Thats the kit, but it was developed around the original Air Striker I, not the new AS II. The needles may work great in certain conditions, but AS II users will have to test as they are in new territory.

[Skidad]

Originally Posted by rod

I have a JD jetting kit that i bought 5 yrs ago, it is non bike specific, label on the plastic container reads....
Keihin 38-39mm PWK, MX/Enduro jet kit, Part# JDKH01.

Is this the same kit you people are referring to, or have the needles changed since then?

The original generic kit came with 3 needles which were not custom JD needles. Later bike specific kits came with just the 2 custom blue/red needles.

Interesting on the JD needles and exactly what I have found. You end up running with a bigger pilot and main jet vs. almost any other needles.

Stainless, you should still try the #8 slide IMO since you have that extra kicking around. Have RB cut it for $15....and nice you got a solution to the problem.

[mrkartoom]

Originally Posted by GMP

Thats the kit, but it was developed around the original Air Striker I, not the new AS II. . .

Other than the cap what are the differences between the two? Fins, circuits, or some other stuff? I've not been able to find any as2 specific info.

[GMP]

The generic non-specific kit does come with two custom needles like all the other bike specific JD kits.