spud Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Fitted the kit and i've gotta say its well worth the money. Other mods so far: Raptor Pegs Boysen Reeds Slow action throttle 27.5 pilot jet Powder coated wheels Air box drain pipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Hi Spud, Yup looks good - curious what difference you think the reeds and jet change have made as I've also got an 07 250? Ta Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpa3 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 That does look good. Who did your wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybaines Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Nice I stuck the mini middle sticker on my helmet but looks good on the front mudguard too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Hi Spud,Yup looks good - curious what difference you think the reeds and jet change have made as I've also got an 07 250? Ta Jim Hello Jim, The reeds have made a very noticable difference in that I don't have to rev the bike to clear the engine. The 27.5 jet means it will now ticks over, and the carb being drilled has stop the petrol leak. That does look good. Who did your wheels? malcom simmons, of west kingsdown, sevenoaks 01474 855557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalshell Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Just out of interest... why the airbox drain pipe?.. I have had my beta for 18 months now and even when going wild with the pressure washer i don't get anything in the airbox. yeh i thought the same way but did the mod as specced on the ssdt link anyway and.. boy was i grateful when i 'forded' a foot deep 10 yard wide stream at about 30 mph out on the moors the airbox was half full of water and yorkhire moors uick turn of the tap wrung the air filter out and wipe of the airbox with an oily wrag and away we went stood still maybe 4/5 minutes. without the pipe iw ould have been using the wrag to mop up the water for at least 10/15 minutes for a mod that only took half an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 (edited) Just out of interest... why the airbox drain pipe?.. I have had my beta for 18 months now and even when going wild with the pressure washer i don't get anything in the airbox. Dreaming of the SSDT next year!.... No the main reason was when i had my Scorpa SY i managed to half fill the air box when I got a little off line in a stream (the water was up to the handlbars for a few sections). I couldn't continue because i had no way of draining it out. For this reason the drain pipe has been fitted to the Beta, and yes the Scorpa got one it was from a Gas Gas, the old style nipple teet. I think your a fair weather rider Edited July 14, 2007 by spud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybaines Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I think your a fair weather rider Confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hi Spud,Yup looks good - curious what difference you think the reeds and jet change have made as I've also got an 07 250? Ta Jim Hello Jim, The reeds have made a very noticable difference in that I don't have to rev the bike to clear the engine. The 27.5 jet means it will now ticks over, and the carb being drilled has stop the petrol leak. Thanks - might give that a go - where did you source reeds and jet? Ta Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hi Spud,Yup looks good - curious what difference you think the reeds and jet change have made as I've also got an 07 250? Ta Jim Hello Jim, The reeds have made a very noticable difference in that I don't have to rev the bike to clear the engine. The 27.5 jet means it will now ticks over, and the carb being drilled has stop the petrol leak. Thanks - might give that a go - where did you source reeds and jet? Ta Jim I bought them from motomerlin (boysens reeds). If my memory serves me right they cost me about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Hi Spud,Yup looks good - curious what difference you think the reeds and jet change have made as I've also got an 07 250? Ta Jim Hello Jim, The reeds have made a very noticable difference in that I don't have to rev the bike to clear the engine. The 27.5 jet means it will now ticks over, and the carb being drilled has stop the petrol leak. Thanks - might give that a go - where did you source reeds and jet? Ta Jim I bought them from motomerlin (boysens reeds). If my memory serves me right they cost me about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Popped the reeds and jet in and it certainly makes a significant difference - much better pickup at the bottom end and no bogging. I wondered why you went with a slow action throttle but I might need to go that route as well now. Anyway I'll see how it goes with a proper run out this weekend. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) Popped the reeds and jet in and it certainly makes a significant difference - much better pickup at the bottom end and no bogging. I wondered why you went with a slow action throttle but I might need to go that route as well now.Anyway I'll see how it goes with a proper run out this weekend. Jim I went for the slow action throttle because of two reasons. 1) snatchy clutch (at the initial bite its handy to have a bit more throttle movement to prevent unwanted revs combined with the said snatch clutch) 2) riding with out using the clutch at close to idle speed i can open the throttle with out being caught by unwanted extra power. The picture below is of me, i also fitted a drain pipe to the bottom of the air box some events in my centre can be a little wet in places. I can't say if there was any water in the air box as the bike was dripping wet when i undid the cap but for me the drain pipe is a bit of piece of mind. cliff Edited July 22, 2007 by spud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the addict Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Christ Spud, that section is Heaths worst nightmare he'd lose his tan by the end cards for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Christ Spud, that section is Heaths worst nightmare he'd lose his tan by the end cards for sure Here's another picture of me the swamp/bog was about 50feet long and by the time i got to this section i was having such a bad day i really didn't care what i rode through so it was through the middle. Picture below is when i was about 5 feet in and this was the shallow end of the section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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