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Posted by Tfrank59
- September 28, 2015, 08:22:10 AMQuote from: LarryInSeattle on September 28, 2015, 08:10:44 AMHey, thanks for the tip. I think my bike has sat for a lot of months, even years, so it probably needs that same cleaning – I guess I'll buy some seafoam or??? I read on other forums where there might be some better fuel treatments than seafoam (I thought this was more of a fuel stabilizer like for winter)--anybody have an opinion on that?I ran Seafoam in my first 10 tanks of fuel to clean my carbs. Now, every third tank gets a treatment.
No more hesitation.
Posted by LarryInSeattle
- September 28, 2015, 08:10:44 AMI ran Seafoam in my first 10 tanks of fuel to clean my carbs. Now, every third tank gets a treatment.
No more hesitation.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 27, 2015, 04:48:57 AMHell, if the ticket is waiting for me at to the counter I would come myself.....lol......but any bike mechanic with carb experience would be able to help you out.
Posted by Tfrank59
- September 26, 2015, 22:05:09 PMAny chance your guy is willing to come out to Seattle-Tacoma and do a job? 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 26, 2015, 03:24:35 AM Well Tfrank59, I am not a carb guy either and was hung up on doing the Grampsizimng on my carb that I never did it, and so I am with you. That being said it might be the time to bite the bullet and find a carb guy, someone you can trust, and who will not need a down payment of your first born or a body appendage let alone be added to your will for doing a hour or so of work for you on the bike.
I have found a really good mechanic who I trust and he charges me $30.00 an hour, if he remembers to ask for his money, and he is willing to help with everything, but can only help me on Sundays so we have a schedule worked out, pehaps find someone for help on your carb.
Posted by Tfrank59
- September 26, 2015, 00:23:17 AMQuote from: Troll on September 25, 2015, 18:31:42 PMYou know now that I have my exhaust right, I should probably change the jets on my bike. Trouble is, I'm all thumbs when it comes to carburetor work – I just don't have the skill or patience. Maybe if I could watch somebody do it or a YouTube I'd have a little more confidence, but I'm afraid I'll make matters worse. But my bike still has a bit of hesitation when I accelerate from idle.Your engine is carburated, so there is no BARO sensor to change the computer's programming based on air pressure. Jetting a carb for a specific altitude is a bit of an art. When I used to go out west into the Rockies with my H-Ds, I would carry spare smaller jets with me, if I was going to be at high altitude for a long time. Higher altitude=less oxygen=smaller carb jets for mixture correction..I'm pretty picky about that stuff.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 25, 2015, 19:18:37 PMThis should be moved to general discussion as people are comparing a FI engine to a carb'ed engine and the answers are getting confusing.
Posted by Troll
- September 25, 2015, 18:31:42 PMYour engine is carburated, so there is no BARO sensor to change the computer's programming based on air pressure. Jetting a carb for a specific altitude is a bit of an art. When I used to go out west into the Rockies with my H-Ds, I would carry spare smaller jets with me, if I was going to be at high altitude for a long time. Higher altitude=less oxygen=smaller carb jets for mixture correction..I'm pretty picky about that stuff.
Posted by Tfrank59
- September 25, 2015, 16:57:20 PMHuh, so at sea level to maybe 700 feet above, where I ride mostly, I must be getting piss poor mileage 
Posted by pcarrell
- September 25, 2015, 13:52:45 PMI'm about 900 feet above sea level, so I guess it all makes sense.
Posted by Troll
- September 25, 2015, 13:15:38 PMI made some interesting discoveries in the last 62,000 miles about mpg on a 1500. One that really surprised me was that altitude above sea level has an ENORMOUS effect. On a trip out to Wyoming in 2011, I was getting about 37 to 40 @ 65 mph on the level land, and as I climbed into the mountains, my mpg went up. At about 5,000' I was getting 45 @ 70 mph. This was with a completely stock intake system, and the Cobra Peace Pipe, running solo. I've tweaked it about 16 different ways, and now I get 45 all the time at sea level and as much as 52 in the mountains...all at 70 mph
Posted by pcarrell
- September 25, 2015, 11:06:51 AMHmmm, I've never done better then 47mpg on my 1500.
Posted by Tfrank59
- September 24, 2015, 18:28:25 PMQuote from: Bucko on September 24, 2015, 12:28:24 PM53 mpg on the highway sounds about right for a 1500 – that's about what I'd expect, actually better than what I'd expect, on my 1500 Valkyrie. And I'm guessing if I did all highway riding with my drifter 800, I'd get about 50 to 53 mpg too.The only time I ever calculated the MPG on my 1500 was a few months ago and I averaged 64MPG over 3 tanks of gas but that's using the larger CDN gallon. It's about 53 in USMPG and that was entirely highway driving.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 24, 2015, 13:00:22 PMOnce again there is a huge difference or should be in mpg between a 800 and 1500. Like comparing apples and oranges. The one time were you can not compare the bikes and see what the difference is.
Posted by Bucko
- September 24, 2015, 12:28:24 PMThe only time I ever calculated the MPG on my 1500 was a few months ago and I averaged 64MPG over 3 tanks of gas but that's using the larger CDN gallon. It's about 53 in USMPG and that was entirely highway driving.