Carburator freeze

[summitboy]

Ive been riding for the past few days in Montana in 2ft of fresh fine fluff. Carb heater had a broken connector so it wasnt even working. Bike runs good with the Smarty however i did lose the idle a little throughout the day.

Once heat is in the pipe bike runs flawless. Loves being revved. Starts first kick. I did flood it twice in 7 gallons of fuel burn. Not sure if it was a roll over valve or just a little slope. Getting a new press tested needle and seat from APT.

Smarty doesnt seem to be affected or even build carb ice. Even the fueli KX we ran with was burbling pretty good.

I would like to have coolant through the carb. That way the idle wouldnt be lost. Working on it with Smartcarb.

Wicked ride with MtnDoo and Rush ! Im still amazed where these bikes go. We sidehilled forever LOL. Thats where they shine ! Super fun to ride !

I did remove my stats to test. Bike ran between 90F and 130F all day. Its seems to like these cool temps. Good call Portgrinder.

 

[portgrinder]

FYI here is the info on how to make a little less civilized carb heater setup if avid doesnt have one for your carb.

looks a little shoddy but it makes tons of heat.

the little valve is from an XP carb heater. places like Greggs distributors sell em too.

 

[johnny be bad]

works awesome. the only build up i had was from a piece of foam i had under the carb. will be removing that.

 

[johnny be bad]

also the air filter i made works great. rode wet snow and no build up or plugging up