Anybody got rid of the EXUP Valve and lived to tell the tale ?

[ogri48]

I apparently had no EXUP valve in my last one. It was a pain at low revs, traffic speeds. I tried going back to a standard can, tried another 'performance' can. Made little difference. I didn't even know it didn't have the valve, so I thought it might be a carb problem. Had the carbs removed and cleaned, checked over. Nope. Then got it full monty Ivanised. This made a considerable improvement, and I was happy enough.


When that bike got replaced with my current one, it was only then I realised what had been missing with the low down grunt and smooth pull at low revs, although this one has had the Ivan's from the start. And this despite having owned 3 others before that. I can be such a numpty at times  :rolleyes

Trust me, we all make daft mistakes nick. Its the ones you make when you damage summat (often irreparably) that hurt the most lol. Last time I changed my van (traded my 214k sprinter in for a 09 transit with 88k back in 2014) I was so enamoured of having a "new" (to me) van, I didn't feel I needed to check the oil for the first few months When I finally did it was off the dipstick. I wanted to cry, paid eight grand I could ill affored for that van and didn't check the frigging oil...Still got it and it has 170k up now so I didn't kill it, but i'll never know how much damage my negligence actually did.