Greetings all,
So I've been riding my TW around for 2-3wks or so now after I had done some adjustments to the carb and had added the slip on, and thought my daily riding is still quite fun, the bike feels decent, and has no issues starting up/etc, I have noticed some change in top end speed.
Previous to doing anything at all to the bike, I was able to easily get up to 55/60 and without too much more effort get to 70+ (topped out at about 73mph a couple of times) with pushing it, but not that much. Now I know keeping it at 70+ for too long is not a great idea, but I know much larger folks that me have stating that their stock TW sits at 55-65mph pretty easily. I weight about 138lbs. I would like to do a little longer camping rides, and would like to feel confident on cruising 55-65ish for at least periods of time.
Recent adjustments to bike:
• Swapped out the stock pipe for a slip on DG.
• Adjusted the main jet from the stock 126 to a 130 (Pro-cycle Jet Kit)
- recommended to go to 130 by a few other folks in the Central Texas area
- Our elevation is approximately 425 feet (130 m) to approximately 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level
• Adjusted the idle/air screw from stock to 3x turns
- had it at 2.5, but was experiencing a little bit o rough riding, and went to 3x and it seems much nicer/consistent
Since then I have ridden off-road and a few different rides around town with folks, as well as several hours alone cruising back streets after work. The bike has had several hundred miles put on it since the work above was completed. Though during some of those rides I have attempted top speed tests, and have yet to be able to get back up in the 70s, and now 55 feels like it's more/less all it's got. I did at least get close to 65mph last weekend, but again, it felt like it was at it's limit more/less. Getting into the 60s seems much more of a task that it has previously.
Any thoughts on what could be causing that? Could it just be that it just so happens when I've been testing top speed there has been too much wind and/or uphill on my routes—aka I'm crazy? I feel like I've done it enough where I'd be able to hit that top speed at some point, or at least feel a bit more comfortable going into 55-60. The first times I tested it anI did not have to push it as hard as I feel I've been pushing it the last couple of time. In fact, today at 55 I couldn't really seem to get it to go much more that that.
Side note: One thing I did think about, was that through removing the carb several times, I also detached the throttle assembly wheel on the carb multiple times. I had tried to remove the actually throttle cables once, and decided I felt it was just easier to remove the assembly—got pretty good at getting that spring back in place (or I think I did). Anywho, in my attempt to "remove the cables" vs. removing the wheel altogether and leaving the cables attached, it's possible I made an adjustment that could effect something. It seems to have the correct about of free place, and seems to still adjust all the way open/close.
I am no mechanic (and usually not a complete idiot), but am trying to tinker, learn and do as much as I can on my own. Any thoughts/suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated
So I've been riding my TW around for 2-3wks or so now after I had done some adjustments to the carb and had added the slip on, and thought my daily riding is still quite fun, the bike feels decent, and has no issues starting up/etc, I have noticed some change in top end speed.
Previous to doing anything at all to the bike, I was able to easily get up to 55/60 and without too much more effort get to 70+ (topped out at about 73mph a couple of times) with pushing it, but not that much. Now I know keeping it at 70+ for too long is not a great idea, but I know much larger folks that me have stating that their stock TW sits at 55-65mph pretty easily. I weight about 138lbs. I would like to do a little longer camping rides, and would like to feel confident on cruising 55-65ish for at least periods of time.
Recent adjustments to bike:
• Swapped out the stock pipe for a slip on DG.
• Adjusted the main jet from the stock 126 to a 130 (Pro-cycle Jet Kit)
- recommended to go to 130 by a few other folks in the Central Texas area
- Our elevation is approximately 425 feet (130 m) to approximately 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level
• Adjusted the idle/air screw from stock to 3x turns
- had it at 2.5, but was experiencing a little bit o rough riding, and went to 3x and it seems much nicer/consistent
Since then I have ridden off-road and a few different rides around town with folks, as well as several hours alone cruising back streets after work. The bike has had several hundred miles put on it since the work above was completed. Though during some of those rides I have attempted top speed tests, and have yet to be able to get back up in the 70s, and now 55 feels like it's more/less all it's got. I did at least get close to 65mph last weekend, but again, it felt like it was at it's limit more/less. Getting into the 60s seems much more of a task that it has previously.
Any thoughts on what could be causing that? Could it just be that it just so happens when I've been testing top speed there has been too much wind and/or uphill on my routes—aka I'm crazy? I feel like I've done it enough where I'd be able to hit that top speed at some point, or at least feel a bit more comfortable going into 55-60. The first times I tested it anI did not have to push it as hard as I feel I've been pushing it the last couple of time. In fact, today at 55 I couldn't really seem to get it to go much more that that.
Side note: One thing I did think about, was that through removing the carb several times, I also detached the throttle assembly wheel on the carb multiple times. I had tried to remove the actually throttle cables once, and decided I felt it was just easier to remove the assembly—got pretty good at getting that spring back in place (or I think I did). Anywho, in my attempt to "remove the cables" vs. removing the wheel altogether and leaving the cables attached, it's possible I made an adjustment that could effect something. It seems to have the correct about of free place, and seems to still adjust all the way open/close.
I am no mechanic (and usually not a complete idiot), but am trying to tinker, learn and do as much as I can on my own. Any thoughts/suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated