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500Scoot - Cape Town

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Re: 2007 Xciting 500 Maintenance.
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2025, 08:18:17 PM »
Dear Ruffus

Thank you for the advice and info.

The carb adjustment, is that done by the adjusting the pilot screw?

The manual states 3.5 turn out from the seated position. (If I understand it correctly).

Should one adjust, re-install and drive for some time and then check the plug again?
Any other way of telling if the carb adjustment is good?

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Re: 2007 Xciting 500 Maintenance.
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2025, 03:18:32 PM »
One of the adjustments on this carb is done by regulating fuel stream (pilot screw) into mixing chamber, so yes.
There should be a #36 lowjet and #108 mainjet.

But only up to 1/5 - 1/4 of performance depends on low jet and pilot screw, simply said.

HOW TO:
-warm motor: preadjust pilot screw to 2.5 turns out
1) regulate the idle with pilot screw on its HIGHEST revvs
2) regulate at THROTTLE STOP screw (where throttle cable meets carb) to ca. 1700 rpm

Mainjet takes over fuel supply from 1/5 - 1/4 of throttle to WOT, from there on your pilot screw and low jet are theoretically jobless.

Testing:
A) workshop with a testing equippment (NOX tester)
B) sparkplug out and see whether its nicely grayish/ brownish or greasy oily.
Any motor will have an oily plug when idling only, so ride it at least 20 min and then stop the motor immedeately, NO IDLING before testing.
« Last Edit: January 21, 2025, 03:27:49 PM by Ruffus »
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Re: 2007 Xciting 500 Maintenance.
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2025, 10:07:33 PM »
Dear Ruffus

Thank you for the info.

Apologies for the questions, But I am learning as I go along here.

The pilot screw sits on the bottom of the carb, so when you refer to adjusting to the highest rpm, will that mean I need to adjust, re-install the card, run it and take it out again and adjust again.

Do this till I get the highest rpm on that screw adjustment?

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Re: 2007 Xciting 500 Maintenance.
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2025, 10:20:19 PM »
Is the scoot already running at idle?

This might be one way to adjust.

Usually:
-motor warm
-loosen carb clamp a little, turn carb aside
-air induct (hose between carb and airfilter box) off
-take a very short screwdriver or a very long to regulate from down
-regulate to highest revvs
-air induct on
-regulate to 1700 rpms
-testride
-plug out, grey or black?
« Last Edit: January 21, 2025, 10:24:51 PM by Ruffus »
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