1987 430WR

[Torben45]

Well after breaking in the motor very easy, I took the WR out today on it's first ride since I put it together. Works great with the new RM forks and turns great.....not too twitchy a really good mod in my opinion! The front brake does 2 finger nose wheelies! I do have one problem though.....cold starting.....Hot 1-2 kicks no problem Cold it just floods and thats with no throttle!! Pull the plug and kick it 6-7 times throttle WO and put plug back.....fires 2-3 kicks. Any ideas? Ignition set to 2.3mm BTC and jetting and float level in check.

 

[troy deck]

my 81 430XC was the ezst startin bigbore ever it had a lectron and a moto plat set at 2mm btdc

 

[justintendo]

that doesnt count troy..any bike with a lectron is like a different animal!

 

[troy deck]

yep aren't they sweet everybody should have one

 

[Torben45]

Mine has SEM....thinking about going to a Keihin PWK.

 

[troy deck]

PWK will likely clean and sharpen throttle response vs an ol mic VM if your buying a carb go for the lectron nobody believes it till they get one then its like holy shit

 

[2premo]

Mine has SEM....thinking about going to a Keihin PWK.

a VM is better than a PWK, it is more adaptable and has better throttle response across a greater range, the Mic flat slide early ones were fine it was the later ones that are duds, flat slides are meant to give a more explosive response for motocross and don't work as well for technical riding, the Lectron being a different metering style falls from this generalization
the Lectron is magical in that altitude becomes a non issue
if it's hard to start look at you pilot jet, also your mixture screw, if it's at the front you are controlling fuel at the back you are controlling air, can't remember where the VM is
typically you want to be near the 1-1/2 turn range hot best idle, adjust the pilot size to compensate

 

[2premo]

what is the trail on the new forks?

 

[Torben45]

I'm assuming you are asking for the fork trail and not the trail I rode on..lol. it's 1.0 mm difference from stock husky fork as measured side by side. Actually just under. It's an incredible mod. I would highly suggest.

 

[Torben45]

Also I've tried both VM and PWK on a bunch of my trials bikes and don't agree with the VM being better. More low end but thats about it.PWK much crisper and better fuel milage to boot. IMHO

 

[grouty]

Just try a Lectron then ! It will blow you away !
I now have one on each of my 390WR's. I will never go back to a Mikuni.

 

[justintendo]

the pwk is a good carb, i prefer the ol vm tho. i have had good luck getting them crisp. personally, i will never pay money for a carb that doesnt say lectron on it again. cant wait to get one for my "new" 430. for me, they are on a whole different level.

 

[troy deck]

i pity the fool that hasn't seen the lectron light you can get any carb to good and think it cant be better this thing is great then your buddy with the same bike as you get a lectron and you ride it and your like me this thing runs like a gang raped ape

 

[auto]

I'm selling a 87 wr430 on the site's classifieds if anyone is interested

 

[Torben45]

Does anyone have a good place to look into a Lectron carb? Im always open to suggestions

 

[troy deck]

kelly here on this forum the motosportz /AJP guy

 

[justintendo]

there is plenty of info here about them, enter lectron into the search bar.
otherwise pm motosportz here as he is a distributor or you can deal with lectron themselves. you will measure your stock carb and a lectron will be machined to fit just as your oe did, so the stock boots can be used.

 

[troy deck]

there the greatest thing since factory sliced bread

 

[Torben45]

While were talking about mods...how about a decent clutch mod/ setup?

 

[justintendo]