Well, I took the WR-250FP out this past Sunday on the ol' Pachaug enduro loop with the exhaust cam retarded to YZ specs.
How did it go?
Fast.
On the trails that allow you to get going with a decent amount of speed, the bike ran strong, with the newfound power making it easier to go fast on fast trails.
Once the revs get into the lower part of the midrange, the bike simply takes off like a shot compared to how the bike runs with the stock cam setup.
If you keep the throttle open, it pulls through the revs with authority it did not have previously, launching you out of corners and leaping over whoops like never before.
On my favorite pine-needled-whoops-through-the-woods section, it was my fastest run through the whoops to date, I do believe - the bike was really in it's element here.
The trade-off to get that power increase was that torque and pulling power way down low in the revs was lost in the process, and quite frankly, it was torque that was missed out on the trails.
This is because 90% of the mileage on the Pachaug loop is not fast like a motocross track through the woods (if only, huh?), but more like...woods.
And rocks.
And woods and rocks going up hill and down.
So, During the past couple of mornings before jerk, I actually set the exhaust cam back to the stock WR-250FP setup in order to restore the power characteristics to how they once were - lacking the harder-hitting snap and rev that was fun (in the few places it made sense), but returning the bottom end torque that is, really, needed out on those trails much of the time.
It only makes sense to me.
-John
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
I've Got a 426
Yamaha once made YZ and WR models designated 426 from 2000-2002.
That's a nice, well-rounded figure, eh?
It is catchy-sounding, and is probably why it was used.
It's Saturn's Day morning, and this past week each morning before jerk, I spent time checking the WR-250FP valve clearances (they were just fine and dandy and, in fact, I believe measured at the same specs. as they were when I first checked them a year ago) as well as retarded the exhaust cam one tooth, giving the bike what guys on the In-Toe-Net call "YZ timing".
This means the WR comes with the exhaust camshaft advanced a tooth compared to the cam timing of the 2002 YZ-250FP, the bike my 2002 WR-250FP is based on.
Why?
Opinions vary a bit, but I believe (and nobody from the Yamaha factory in Japan is sitting me down to explain the whys) it's to do with reducing exhaust emissions by advancing the WR exhaust cam a tooth in order to have the exhaust valves close sooner, reduce valve overlap (when both intake and exhaust valves are slightly open at the same time), and reduce those exhaust nasties that are killing all the birds I ride past, no matter how far away they are.
The reason the WR gets subjected to tougher EPA regulations is because the bike is sold with intent of being used on public lands open to legal off-road riding, where the YZ is sold in a closed-course-use-only state (like a local motocross track that's privately owned).
The side effect of this EPA tuning is less power.
Now, that's not anything new, is it?
So, tomorrow's Pachaug enduro loop ride will be the real acid test to see just how I like this new setup.
I took the bike for a 2-mile putt up the street before jerk yesterday morning just to ensure that all was well after putting the bike back together, and I immediately could tell the bike does indeed have more power, pulls stronger, and pulls through the revs with more force.
Easily noticeable, so there's no question the bike runs stronger like this.
The experiment is to see if low-end torque (especially way down just above idle) is effected and to see how I get along with it in the tricky, ugly, tight sections of the rocky Pachaug loop, of which there are more than a few along the way.
Stay tuned.
-John
That's a nice, well-rounded figure, eh?
It is catchy-sounding, and is probably why it was used.
It's Saturn's Day morning, and this past week each morning before jerk, I spent time checking the WR-250FP valve clearances (they were just fine and dandy and, in fact, I believe measured at the same specs. as they were when I first checked them a year ago) as well as retarded the exhaust cam one tooth, giving the bike what guys on the In-Toe-Net call "YZ timing".
This means the WR comes with the exhaust camshaft advanced a tooth compared to the cam timing of the 2002 YZ-250FP, the bike my 2002 WR-250FP is based on.
Why?
Opinions vary a bit, but I believe (and nobody from the Yamaha factory in Japan is sitting me down to explain the whys) it's to do with reducing exhaust emissions by advancing the WR exhaust cam a tooth in order to have the exhaust valves close sooner, reduce valve overlap (when both intake and exhaust valves are slightly open at the same time), and reduce those exhaust nasties that are killing all the birds I ride past, no matter how far away they are.
The reason the WR gets subjected to tougher EPA regulations is because the bike is sold with intent of being used on public lands open to legal off-road riding, where the YZ is sold in a closed-course-use-only state (like a local motocross track that's privately owned).
The side effect of this EPA tuning is less power.
Now, that's not anything new, is it?
So, tomorrow's Pachaug enduro loop ride will be the real acid test to see just how I like this new setup.
I took the bike for a 2-mile putt up the street before jerk yesterday morning just to ensure that all was well after putting the bike back together, and I immediately could tell the bike does indeed have more power, pulls stronger, and pulls through the revs with more force.
Easily noticeable, so there's no question the bike runs stronger like this.
The experiment is to see if low-end torque (especially way down just above idle) is effected and to see how I get along with it in the tricky, ugly, tight sections of the rocky Pachaug loop, of which there are more than a few along the way.
Stay tuned.
-John
Sunday, August 11, 2013
425 Well-Lit Rides
Went out for yet another Sunday Pachaug enduro loop ride on the WR-250FP this morning.
How was it?
Fair.
Not bad.
Not fantastic (like I would have liked it to be).
Just fair.
How come?
Two reasons:
I woke up feeling a bit down on energy and coordination, and the sun was out brightly, which screws with my vision.
Still, there were no crashes or other bad incidents, so, it could have been a worse one.
At least the rear tire, now two rides old, is still feeling pretty fresh, although that will gradually deteriorate with each coming time out there.
Typically, after the 4th ride, it's back to where the rear tire will get me by, but no longer feels as good as it does when fresh.
Next Sunday's forecast (if you feel like holding your breath on a weather forecast for a week in advance) is for a cloudy day.
Here's hoping it comes true.
I did make a decent pass through my favorite pine-needled-whoops-through-the-woods section, so that was one of the several good points of the ride.
When I washed the bike after today's ride, I removed the fuel tank and cleaned the area above the cylinder head cover because I am thinking about checking the valve clearances before next Sunday's ride since I've now had the bike for a year, and the only time I've checked them was before I even rode the bike last August.
Even though they're probably just fine, I like to do this once a year.
I'm also thinking about, since the head cover will be off to do that job, retarding the exhaust camshaft one tooth to put the cam timing as that of a YZ-250FP, Yamaha's motocross bike that my WR-250FP is based on.
Guys that have done it say it's a win/win situation because you get more power everywhere, from the bottom to the top, and they don't understand why the WR comes with cam timing that it does.
Myself, I don't feel the need of requiring more power, but, I am curious about the results, too.
We will see what I decide to do.
I wonder how the latest bullshit news story in the Middle East is going, the one where those sneaky 911-esque terrorists that just seem to thrive all on their own and pop up where and when you least expect them to all by themselves and without any help from any nation's Federal Government are supposedly wreaking more havoc.
I'd imagine this havoc is going to have to be dealt with by hurting some people over there as well as hurting some people over here.
The Great Work steamrolls on, Holmes.
-John
How was it?
Fair.
Not bad.
Not fantastic (like I would have liked it to be).
Just fair.
How come?
Two reasons:
I woke up feeling a bit down on energy and coordination, and the sun was out brightly, which screws with my vision.
Still, there were no crashes or other bad incidents, so, it could have been a worse one.
At least the rear tire, now two rides old, is still feeling pretty fresh, although that will gradually deteriorate with each coming time out there.
Typically, after the 4th ride, it's back to where the rear tire will get me by, but no longer feels as good as it does when fresh.
Next Sunday's forecast (if you feel like holding your breath on a weather forecast for a week in advance) is for a cloudy day.
Here's hoping it comes true.
I did make a decent pass through my favorite pine-needled-whoops-through-the-woods section, so that was one of the several good points of the ride.
When I washed the bike after today's ride, I removed the fuel tank and cleaned the area above the cylinder head cover because I am thinking about checking the valve clearances before next Sunday's ride since I've now had the bike for a year, and the only time I've checked them was before I even rode the bike last August.
Even though they're probably just fine, I like to do this once a year.
I'm also thinking about, since the head cover will be off to do that job, retarding the exhaust camshaft one tooth to put the cam timing as that of a YZ-250FP, Yamaha's motocross bike that my WR-250FP is based on.
Guys that have done it say it's a win/win situation because you get more power everywhere, from the bottom to the top, and they don't understand why the WR comes with cam timing that it does.
Myself, I don't feel the need of requiring more power, but, I am curious about the results, too.
We will see what I decide to do.
I wonder how the latest bullshit news story in the Middle East is going, the one where those sneaky 911-esque terrorists that just seem to thrive all on their own and pop up where and when you least expect them to all by themselves and without any help from any nation's Federal Government are supposedly wreaking more havoc.
I'd imagine this havoc is going to have to be dealt with by hurting some people over there as well as hurting some people over here.
The Great Work steamrolls on, Holmes.
-John
Sunday, August 4, 2013
424 NSA Agents Reading My Stuff on the Internet
In the past month since my last post, there's been lots o' talk and news stories ("news" stories, perhaps?) about Edward Snowden and his ratting-out the NSA with their spying on what people write on the Internet and other spying stuff like that.
My take on it?
I basically feel that if you think this is news, buddy, you need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Just what would make somebody think there would not be somebody from some super-secret Federal government agency snooping around and listening-in on what every-day people write and talk about?
Shit, if I remember correctly, William Cooper, on his Hour of the Time radio broadcast from back in the mid-1990s (yes, folks, twenty years ago) reported that the purpose of the National Security Agency was to make and break coded communications, which meant that in order to do that, the NSA must be able to intercept and monitor (spy on, in other words) ALL communications WORLDWIDE.
Or, more plainly, the NSA is allowed to spy on all communications for the reason of protecting the security of the USA.
So, what in blue blazes should make somebody be surprised if some (probably bogus and made-up, or at least exaggerated in order to get people all riled-up) late-breaking, shit bag of a "news" story reports that government spook works are spying on the communications of the people of the USA?
Huh?
Why should you be surprised at that in this day and age, especially?
It should be more like the people of the USA say a great big, "I knew it all the time, you lying scumbags."
It should also surprise nobody that if congressmen can be bought and paid for by the NWO secret societies Mystery Babylon secrets of the ages Banksters and allow the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, if big shots in this country would take part in the giant scam known as 911 and the equally giant scam of Homeland Security, if United Nations legislation threatening to take people's guns away can be written and promoted and cheer leaded by those in United States of America public office, what on God's Green Earth would prevent people from suspecting that ALL communications from them, their families, friends and coworkers/employers are being intercepted, monitored, recorded, and saved for who-knows what?
It's for your protection from terrorists, don't you know?
Shifting gears:
I have been going out on my Sunday Pachaug enduro loop rides, as usual, and the one today was good because I just mounted up a brandy-new Bridgestone M22 rear tire.
Mmmmm-mmmm, traction today felt very good, indeed.
Things could have even better if it were cloudy and if I hadn't tweaked my bum wrist last Sunday, but, I backed it down a notch at times to baby it and all went well enough.
The bike performed well, as usual, and I basically enjoyed it.
Time for bed.
Got that, NSA (and who knows who else) spooks?
-John
My take on it?
I basically feel that if you think this is news, buddy, you need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Just what would make somebody think there would not be somebody from some super-secret Federal government agency snooping around and listening-in on what every-day people write and talk about?
Shit, if I remember correctly, William Cooper, on his Hour of the Time radio broadcast from back in the mid-1990s (yes, folks, twenty years ago) reported that the purpose of the National Security Agency was to make and break coded communications, which meant that in order to do that, the NSA must be able to intercept and monitor (spy on, in other words) ALL communications WORLDWIDE.
Or, more plainly, the NSA is allowed to spy on all communications for the reason of protecting the security of the USA.
So, what in blue blazes should make somebody be surprised if some (probably bogus and made-up, or at least exaggerated in order to get people all riled-up) late-breaking, shit bag of a "news" story reports that government spook works are spying on the communications of the people of the USA?
Huh?
Why should you be surprised at that in this day and age, especially?
It should be more like the people of the USA say a great big, "I knew it all the time, you lying scumbags."
It should also surprise nobody that if congressmen can be bought and paid for by the NWO secret societies Mystery Babylon secrets of the ages Banksters and allow the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, if big shots in this country would take part in the giant scam known as 911 and the equally giant scam of Homeland Security, if United Nations legislation threatening to take people's guns away can be written and promoted and cheer leaded by those in United States of America public office, what on God's Green Earth would prevent people from suspecting that ALL communications from them, their families, friends and coworkers/employers are being intercepted, monitored, recorded, and saved for who-knows what?
It's for your protection from terrorists, don't you know?
Shifting gears:
I have been going out on my Sunday Pachaug enduro loop rides, as usual, and the one today was good because I just mounted up a brandy-new Bridgestone M22 rear tire.
Mmmmm-mmmm, traction today felt very good, indeed.
Things could have even better if it were cloudy and if I hadn't tweaked my bum wrist last Sunday, but, I backed it down a notch at times to baby it and all went well enough.
The bike performed well, as usual, and I basically enjoyed it.
Time for bed.
Got that, NSA (and who knows who else) spooks?
-John
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