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Title: Seized... wait not seized.
Post by: Czakky on November 02, 2020, 12:37:01 PM
I've been carefully playing with leaning out my midrange. Had the new needle jets in started with the richest clip position and it ran amazing through the 25-75% throttle area, but would still bog pretty bad before the power band even worse than before. So I raised the clip to middle spot on the needle. Fuel was low so I threw it on Reserve and warmed it up good before ripping through the gears. Then I lost power rapidly.... FUCK! Pulled over and it bogged out and died. Wouldn't restart. Finally did, ran like shit died a couple more times on the way home (5 miles or so). Well I've been through a few seizes in my short time with 2ts. I coasted to my shed and tried to restart again kicker seemed soft. Left it for a couple days popped heads off and checked the cylinders. To my surprise they looked great. There were some very minor scratches on the right cylinder so I popped the cylinder off and piston looked new.
The only thing I can surmise is that my aftermarket petcock doesn't flow enough fuel through the reserve filter thing if it's partially plugged.
Hopefully bummer avoided. I should have a test ride this week sometime.

Just sharing my experience...
Cheers
Title: Re: Seized... wait not seized.
Post by: Djg8493 on November 02, 2020, 02:51:21 PM
My bet is this sounds to me as a fuel issue, unfortunately it has happened to me where it seems like I have enough gas but end up stalling out.  Check Petcock, any fuel filters and check your cross-over as that could cause the issue as well. 
Title: Re: Seized... wait not seized.
Post by: quocle603 on November 02, 2020, 04:39:36 PM
That's good that the top end was fine. Was it an instant die or gradual? That can eliminate some possibilities. Hope you can find it