Carb setting

Turning the mixture screw clockwise.
Is it leaner or richer??
Manual just says my mix it too rich.

 

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Most carbs get richer as you unscrew the mixture screw (anticlockwise).
If the screw is on the filter side of the carb instead of the
engine side, it may get leaner as you unscrew it.

 

'it it wiv' an 'ammer.

 

Yes.

BTW, do you want to borrow a colourtune?

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Linger"

Depends on the carb. What does the manual say about the start setting
for the mixture screw? Usually it'll say something like, "Bottom the
mixture screw and unscrew it 11/2 turns". That'll give you a datum
setting to bugger around from.

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General rule - if the screw's on the filter side, it's an air screw, so
in to richen. If it's on the engine side, it's a fuel screw, so out to
richen. That's a very clever manual you've got there though - how does
it know?

 

Sokay, Apparently I've got to change the carb depending on the weather.

 

That's the one

state of the plugs, and listed some handling characteristics of running
rich.

 

Screw it in and 1.5 turns out.

 

You know the mixture screw only really affects things up to about 1/8th
throttle though? If you've done a plug chop on half or full throttle &
found oily plugs, the mixture screw isn't your problem.

As a rough guide for setting the idle mixture, find the point that gives
the highest idle speed by twiddling the screw a quarter turn at a time,
then screw it back in 1/8 - 1/4 turn from there.

The main jet, needle position, needle taper & slide cutout are all
together more difficult to pin down. It's worth asking on the Yahoo KTM
group if you haven't already - they may have all sorts of tips & tricks.

 

Is that 'in' regardless of whether it's an airscrew or a fuelscrew?

 

Sorry no, that's for a fuel screw I.e. lean it off a tad.