Oil myth or truth?

[Jakobi]

Yeah end of the day I don't get too hung up on a bit of spooge.. as long as the engine response and fuel consumption is where it is expected to be.

[(F5)]

My road race small bore bikes on Motul 800 produced zero spooge. Like none. Park power was 13,000rpm. Pipe burnt white mocha at the end. Some carbon eventually happened in the header.

But my 300 spends most of the time off the pipe torquing out of sticky bits while I'm flailing about. There is bound to be some short ccting. That said I run 1mm squish with a reshaped chamber. I dont get drips, just a sticky mist on the rear exit.

[Doc Brown]

Originally Posted by Jakobi

Yeah end of the day I don't get too hung up on a bit of spooge.. as long as the engine response and fuel consumption is where it is expected to be.

Exactly what Jim (JD Jetting) said

I am quite sure that all is pretty good now.

I changed the head and jetting...
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/sho...t=25205&page=2

[Cox76y]

Did about 150kms on the gasser along with my mate who was riding a ktm300 tpi. Thought I would compare spooge. His has none, mine has loads. Just for anyone interested

[swazi_matt]

Originally Posted by Cox76y

Did about 150kms on the gasser along with my mate who was riding a ktm300 tpi. Thought I would compare spooge. His has none, mine has loads. Just for anyone interested

but did you win??

[SS109]

I wouldn't call that loads of spooge. That's pretty mild. My buddy's YZ250X has is running down the silencer and dripping on the swingarm and brake caliper. Now that's a lot of spooge!

[Doc Brown]

That looks like mine. I would not call it a load either but nevertheless it is too much in my opinion.

The TPI's run up to 150:1 so it is clear they do not spooge. The only get the minimum amount of oil needed. But who want's a KTM anyway

To reduce spooge there are some things you could try, depending on your riding style. First is to find out what flash point your oil has. If it is a race oil like Motul 800 it may have a super high flash point. Get an oil with a lower one like Motul 710 or what is available where u are. Check your jetting, if you are always on the rich side you could try to go a tad leaner with overall jetting or just use a smaller pilot jet (works wonders on some bikes) when you are riding a lot on the pilot jet...

[Cox76y]

Yeah, I'm not worried about it too much. Just thought I would post the pictures for comparison. I'm running amsoil dominator, n running a smart carb.squish has been set by tsp. This is who jakobi users but in not sure what it's at.
I think I could go leaner on the smart carb for single track but I feel it's a tad lean up top so will leave it as is. I was riding at high altitude for this weekend and was happy that everyone running a carburated bike had big problems with jetting. Was so easy to lean over and wind the clicker out.

[blitz11]

I moved to Montana from Minneapolis. The bike would spooge TONS in Minnesota. I rejetted finally (i've only ridden 4x in 4 years), and went from a #6 to a #7 slide as part of my jetting exercise. I've only ridden it once, but it went from a spooge-fest to just a bit around the end of the silencer. It used to drip and make the swingarm a mess.

Amsoil Dominator mixed 43:1. Much happier now with the level of spooge.

[gasser]

Spray WD40 on the pipe it disolves the spooge making it easy to wipe off.
Cutting your silencer shorter will definately reduce spooge (I shortened my 2011 silencer 3 inches) but I like my bike quieter so my 2018 gasser is stock.