Tune that carb!!!

[scootercapecod]

Hey gang, just a reminder that tuning your carb every now and then can save you some headaches down the road (literally). I was driving during the coldest of weather here (in the teens at times) and thankfully the roads were dry. I noticed that as it got warmer over the past few days my scoot was getting harder to start and stay running at idle. At first I thought the battery might be weak (and this may have been so) but the idling rough, some backfiring and stalling at stops indicated a need to retune the old girl. So, I opened up the bucket, turned up the idle screw (after a warm-up run of 15 min) and reset the A/F screw. I was sort of surprised how lean it was running according to how many turns I needed, about 3 3/4 to get her to highest RPM anything after that and it went to the rich side so I set it up right and now she's back to full song. A little proactive maintenance is always a good thing.