An update... My first season of trail rides is over. I go 4 organised trail rides in and probably about 5 or 6 visits to our local dirt bike park for shakedowns & general riding practice. In that time I've done a few things to the bike & my riding has improved so by the final trail ride things really came together. This is what I did to the bike:
Cleaned it thoroughly replaced any hardware store nut & bolts then put on a sweet graphics kit!
New tires & wheel bearings - the old bearings would hardly turn
New Air filter & tranny oil & new spark plug (ooops wrong kind)
Lubed up the head set bearings just with WD40 to get them moving freely - they were stiff as hell.
Dismantled & cleaned both brake callipers as I had horrendous brake drag. That exercise cost me a trail ride as I could not get any pressure into the front brake despite trying all night. I purchased a fluid pump in the morning & pumped the fluid in from the bottom, that got it sorted easily.
Then I dismantled & cleaned carb, she ran way better after that. That's also about when I put the correct plug in!
Then I rejetted the carbs (I have a pro circuit platinum 2 pipe & 304 silencer) I think I'm down to a 42 in the pilot & 155 on the main and set the air screw etc.
All these things have made the bike a lot easier to ride. Way more torque down in the lower revs before the KIPS opens up.
I found on my last ride that I was way more relaxed & in control on the bike. I knew what gear I was in and what gear I needed to be in. I found keeping the revs just at the point where the KIPS was opening was perfect as a wee tweak of the throttle opened them right up for instant extra power which was perfect for driving right through the slippery rutted surface.
I could easily pass my mate on his old WR400 and my two crazy mates, one on a TM250 2T and the other on a KTM300 2T both had to push hard to catch up to me if the did at all!
I was stoked, I felt like I was in the zone and when we stopped on the trail the boys were laughing cos old Hama was on fire out there!
2 days after that my Vforce 3 reed valves arrived, I'll put em in soon, watch this space!
Hama
