Riding the 229 in 2nd Gear

[dcarver]

So, if you recall, I'm the guy with the 2006A that had 'carbonized' valves resulting in low compression (60&80) in cylinders 3 and 4. This required pulling the head to repair the problem and associated downtime.

After much gaffing by this illustrious board about being chicken sh!t to rev the motor, be a real man, etc, and, per Mr. Jestals recommendation of 'put it in second, run it up to red line, back off, repeat'.. all in order to produce IIRC maximum cylinder pressure, heat, and turbulence to blow carbon off the valve seats and into the atmosphere...

I found a GREAT way to ride it like a stolen rental yet not wad up... by riding 229, start to finsih, in second gear! For those of you who are not familiar with 229, it is a ~10 mile serpentine of on & off camber corners with serious elevation changes and just a few straight aways.. and, from this, I learned that..

1) in second gear the front end DOES come up and you can carry the front end for some time before setting it down, and

2) running only in 2nd gear teaches smoothness of throttle, corner speed, and braking.. which results in

3) Truly a fun ride!

Come on out and try it on 229 or on your favorite section of twisties.. :clapping:

 

[Scab]

1) in second gear the front end DOES come up and you can carry the front end for some time before setting it down, and

Squid.

 

[dcarver]

1) in second gear the front end DOES come up and you can carry the front end for some time before setting it down, and

Squid.

Yep! Sure is fun too!

 

[Flyguy]

Did you ever find the real cause of valves collecting carbon? How many miles had you ridden?

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

sounds fun to me. I'll be down South Next week. Perhaps I can swing by on my way back North.

 

[Mike-H]

But are you having fun yet? :derisive: .....

 

[twowheelnut]

Carver, you schmuck! Don't be inviting people to ride our little road... Just have them watch the video and stay the eff home!


PS It's getting time for the ho-down at the Hondarosa, so git ta plannin', boy!

 

[Vacman]

Is that a 1 lane road? looks lika a single lane version of Ortega hwy I used to ride years ago

 

[twowheelnut]

Is that a 1 lane road? looks lika a single lane version of Ortega hwy I used to ride years ago

No, it's a two way very narrow road, but I wouldn't wanna be in an H2 with an oncoming Suburban...

 

[Vacman]

Is that a 1 lane road? looks lika a single lane version of Ortega hwy I used to ride years ago

No, it's a two way very narrow road, but I wouldn't wanna be in an H2 with an oncoming Suburban...

Or be flying around the corner on the bike with that same H2 coming at me :blink: