Here goes lads and lasses. First, let me say that I've allowed this weekend to sort out valve clearances, throttle bodies and plugs. So this might seem a little arse about face.
The bike has a Remus can and y piece - no cat or O2 sensor connected. I don't know what else is lurking. I asked the seller about the can and had the bike been tweaked to suit. His answer was to show me a chip in a small case (I assume it's the old eeprom?) and a couple of pages of 1- german and 2- gibberish (translated from german to gibberish) from Wunderlich. When I took the exhaust off to get to the rear shock bush I noticed it was sootier than sooty. The bike is sluggish when cold (and I was told not to warm it up, just get on and ride it) and gets better with 3/4 bars on the temp gauge. Ok so far in the first 4 gears but there's nowt but a fart at 4000rpm trying to overtake - a huge flat spot. Hence the weekend fettling. Trying to accelerate in 5th from 4000rpm is rubbish. I assumed that this 850 had enough torque to rattle me teeth. But, it just runs out of breath unless I welly it through the gears.
Also....still with me?....should I have a relay in the space in the fuse/relay box. I have jumper leads in there and they look home made. I'll have a look tomorrow what they are (or take a pic) - bikes in garage asleep now. The wunderlich sheet shows a variety of arrangements for the jumper leads for different end cans, rpm restriction and whether theres a cat etc. So, you've all been there before and I'm waiting and eager to hear some clean suggestions and advice.
Ta lots John
The bike has a Remus can and y piece - no cat or O2 sensor connected. I don't know what else is lurking. I asked the seller about the can and had the bike been tweaked to suit. His answer was to show me a chip in a small case (I assume it's the old eeprom?) and a couple of pages of 1- german and 2- gibberish (translated from german to gibberish) from Wunderlich. When I took the exhaust off to get to the rear shock bush I noticed it was sootier than sooty. The bike is sluggish when cold (and I was told not to warm it up, just get on and ride it) and gets better with 3/4 bars on the temp gauge. Ok so far in the first 4 gears but there's nowt but a fart at 4000rpm trying to overtake - a huge flat spot. Hence the weekend fettling. Trying to accelerate in 5th from 4000rpm is rubbish. I assumed that this 850 had enough torque to rattle me teeth. But, it just runs out of breath unless I welly it through the gears.
Also....still with me?....should I have a relay in the space in the fuse/relay box. I have jumper leads in there and they look home made. I'll have a look tomorrow what they are (or take a pic) - bikes in garage asleep now. The wunderlich sheet shows a variety of arrangements for the jumper leads for different end cans, rpm restriction and whether theres a cat etc. So, you've all been there before and I'm waiting and eager to hear some clean suggestions and advice.
Ta lots John