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It's been wet and cold as hell here in northern Alberta, but finally got around to installing the Chikuni on the Rebel T3 today.
Huge improvement over the carb it shipped with, at least it runs now and has some power! Didn't mess with the carb too much yet, it shipped with the e-clip on the needle valve right at the bottom, I moved it to the center position. Played a bit with the mixture screw, but didn't make a lot of difference, tried moving the e-clip down one notch, not much difference either. Will try and do a proper tune on it on a nice day. Just wanted the thing running so I could do some trail riding, see how it performed.
It still seems not to have the power it should, but then I am used to a dirtbike that weighs a lot less, with 50 more cc's. The skidplate under the rear axle was a nice idea, too bad it go busted off and destroyed on my first ride! Not surprising, being plastic. Think I might make one out of some sheet aluminum... and I think a performance muffler is in order as well.
Body panels vibrate like hell, as does the handlebars. Noticed the chain rubs against the cover over the front sprocket. Pulled chain tonight to get a replacement. I notice the front sprocket is kind of loose, as is the one on my X31 dirtbike. Is there a better quality one I can put on these?
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