Wednesday - Another grocery run to the much larger H-E-B in Uvalde which is a town around 30 miles west of here. Not as hectic of a drive as heading towards San Antonio.
I finally installed the exhaust gaskets on the Ural. They fell apart when I pulled the heads back in November and it took quite a while to get a couple of replacements during the Christmas holidays. Plus, when I received the order, they shipped the wrong order. So I now have some new fuel filters and fuel line courtesy of Raceway.
Thursday - I took the Ural for a short ride into Hondo to see if the exhaust gaskets quieted things down. Not really and there is still an occasional “pop” in the exhaust. This usually suggests an exhaust leak leaking fresh air into the exhaust. There is slightly more power now than yesterday and the only change was the exhaust gasket install. Full throttle now gets you to 65+ mph. When I rode it to Pipe Creek, it would top out at around 60mph.
Friday - A morning test session today. It's only 71°F right now (11:30am) though the RH is 84% so it feels kind of muggy.
65+ on a Ural! Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteThat’s after it’s warmed up. With full throttle, it’ll keep accelerating to 5000rpm. Carbs are working great. I’m kind of curious why exhaust gaskets would make a difference. Before, there was a flat spot at full throttle…
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