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Help with my VERY puzzling ignition problem

Started by RDDave, August 08, 2025, 05:30:14 PM

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m in sc

in my experience, the only really notable difference in reeds has been going to genuine v force, or much larger banshee/rz/tz ones. I never liked cutting cyls to fit huge cages, but back 'in the day' it was the only real feasible option IF you wanted more reed tip area, which is really what matters.
nowadays,  with the rm100 v force reeds as a virtual bolt in, IMHO there's no benefit in going huge unless you are going to like 38+mm carbs.
I have also never broken a stock metal reed, and they work quite well overall. as lomg as the guide plates are used and the screws are tight they will be fine, especially on a stock motor w  bassanis. 0.02

RDDave

Way back when, we used to put Boyesen Reeds in our Enduros because EVERYONE else was doing it. But I honestly don't remember any gain, only going with the crowd. And back then, EVERYONE said that the fiber reeds wouldn't hurt the engine in case they failed like the metal reeds would. But, I remember fiber reeds failing, but don't really remember any metal reeds failing. Certainly, I have never had a metal reed fail.

So, I will replace the fiber reeds in the right cylinder with some O.E. reeds I have.

And thank you AGAIN for the help and guidance.

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m in sc

I would strongly recommend changing both sets out together back to sto k, not just 1 side

RDDave


Of course. I have already changed out the left side fibers that had failed with the only thing I had which were original metal reeds. So, what I meant was the the right side would get the metal ones too.


m in sc


SoCal250

Quote from: RDDave on August 12, 2025, 03:21:00 PMOf course. I have already changed out the left side fibers that had failed with the only thing I had which were original metal reeds. So, what I meant was the the right side would get the metal ones too.
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