No, I stand by my statements. The arguments you presented sound reasonable on
the surface, but they are all based on assumption and carbureted technology.
As far as wear, explain to me why less than all four cylinders have similar
wear. If you are referring to the linkage, they all move together and
therefore wear at a similar rate. IF the throttle bodies were disassembled,
which we do not know and is not terribly probable due to the fact that George
has owned his bike for some time and also knows the warranty history of it,
then I could go with you on that. However, if that were the case, per the
manual, you do not begin by doing a running sync on the butterflies. The
first step is a static sync, so to speak. Since we are talking about George's
bike and the injectors have not been disassembled, it brings us back to
syncing per the service manual which states in periodic inspection and
adjustment section to use the air screws. George is going to try the
butterfly adjustment..... I trust George to report the results of his
adjustments factually. If it helped, he will say so, if it didn't, he will
also say so. As far as convincing me there is a better way then what is
presented in the manual, it isn't going to happen. Remember, I own one of
these things to. Innuendoes and self glossing statements claiming superior
performance as a result of procedures contrary to the engineering and design
of a system just don't hold water with me. Too many times I have seen
technicians, shade tree mechanics and dealers claim to have facilitated a
repair when in fact they did not. No telling why each particular individual
choose to stop being objective in evaluating the repairs, but they did. More
times than not, it is a self gratifying thing to them to show they are
smarter than the factory. There are bright individuals out there comparable
to people that work for the factories, but to assume that just because
someone works for the manufacturer they are not qualified to be doing there
job is ludicrous. Yes, errors slip through from time to time, such as the
head light adjustment. I am guessing had it been a more serious error it
would have been corrected a long time ago. Comparing two adjustment screws
being labeled backwards to an entire procedure being in error is not
comparing apples to apples. As far as the headlight adjustment goes, if you
turn a screw you believe should raise the beam and it really shifts it to the
left, one could conclude the other screw probably raises the beam. I hope
that answers your question.
RSRBOB
