Hot starting tips...carb tuning

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unclejemima

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Many of you may have heard of my carb woes I was having with my Nice 110. I tried a VM22, PE20 and finally settled on a VM20 what appears to be working great. After working down from a 180 main jet I ended up with an oddly small 130 main, but the plug looks good and engine temps have not gone much beyond 110, what is not bad for a non-broken in Nice.

Anyhow, the VM20 came with a 22.5 pilot what I switched out for 20 because the 22.5 seemed to rich.

The bike starts first kick when cold, almost telepathic...but hot starting it takes me 3 to 4 kicks to get going.

Any suggestions how to cure the hot starting issues?
 
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b52bombardier1

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Hot engines tend to have less valve clearance and you lose compression. This is the situation on the 90 cc motors and might indicate tight valves on yours.

Rick
 
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unclejemima

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b52bombardier1 said:
Hot engines tend to have less valve clearance and you lose compression. This is the situation on the 90 cc motors and might indicate tight valves on yours.

Rick
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Good tip. I know air cooled motors can be more problematic to start when hot anyhow.

I'll check the valve clearances again (its not been that longs since i last checked, but it would not hurt.)

Thanks
 
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