Holy thread revival!!
Hey all. Well my lemon of a bike with stuck exup saga continues. Not swapped the headers yet to the ones with working valve yet.
For now I’ve taken the siezed valve that local shop bent and damaged trying to remove it and just broken the valve off as it was then damaged and still stuck solid.
So with it blanked as per some the previous posts I think bike rides fine. Not laggy or fluffy at the bottom Imo still picks up well. Yes it’s not as torquey at the bottom as it was before with valve on closed position. But if you like to rev the bike and hold gears you won’t notice or mind. My bike is stock carbs has ignition advancer and there isn’t the dead spot at 5k others have meantioned.
If you like to Short shift everywhere you will notice the difference in how rapidly you make prpgress buy 2up it’s still fine and smooth even low revs and doesn’t stutter. So for those who get in a pinch with stuck valve and use bike daily it’s viable and not at all bad to ride,
Yes I know with a working valve I will get the best of both worlds but for now it’s Much better than was as I’m bit of a Rev head I found it disappointing before. I have the parts to sort the exup once I have enough time to do it.
Hey all. Well my lemon of a bike with stuck exup saga continues. Not swapped the headers yet to the ones with working valve yet.
For now I’ve taken the siezed valve that local shop bent and damaged trying to remove it and just broken the valve off as it was then damaged and still stuck solid.
So with it blanked as per some the previous posts I think bike rides fine. Not laggy or fluffy at the bottom Imo still picks up well. Yes it’s not as torquey at the bottom as it was before with valve on closed position. But if you like to rev the bike and hold gears you won’t notice or mind. My bike is stock carbs has ignition advancer and there isn’t the dead spot at 5k others have meantioned.
If you like to Short shift everywhere you will notice the difference in how rapidly you make prpgress buy 2up it’s still fine and smooth even low revs and doesn’t stutter. So for those who get in a pinch with stuck valve and use bike daily it’s viable and not at all bad to ride,
Yes I know with a working valve I will get the best of both worlds but for now it’s Much better than was as I’m bit of a Rev head I found it disappointing before. I have the parts to sort the exup once I have enough time to do it.