2010 EC250 AS2 base settings

[touringhornet]

Hi all,

After having bought a bit of a lemon - It turns out the rads were near empty, blew a head gasket, white smoke, jug off and saw scores, so thats off being plated, new rads, new piston kit...!

So, while that's being sorted im giving the bike a full once over! Full swingarm/rocker bearings are being done and im now onto checking the reeds/carb.

It has the standard N1EF needle (2nd clip), so i have bought a NEDW to replace it with (planning 2nd clip again?). It has a 178 main and a 42 pilot and the air screw was 1 turn out when i got it. Im based in the UK, so low altitude and its going into winter so temps are 0-20 degrees celcius. Can anyone suggest if this is a good starting point for me? Should i drop to a 40 maybe? (i ride mainly green lanes, single track natural stuff, some enduro. Not really a MX track kind of guy)

Suggestions very welcome.