My Hunny is a 2000
I got'er two years ago. She was minty, mint, mint except for some road rash on the rad shroud (some chump bit the dirt and sold her, wuss)
I think it most likley sat in the showroom for the first couple years of its life.
I still keep her mint (shes my hunny)
Anyway, She's never had new rings.
I don't ride wide open, like the sand and ice guys,all the time.
I used to mix at 40:1, now 50:1. Bel-Ray synthetic oil.
Up untill a week ago she has always been jetted stock (very fat at 3900 feet)
Now she's jetted: 165 main,2 turns, stock slow jet, needle at #2 pos.(still needs leaner pilot)
When should I do a top end re-build? The engine seems to be in minty shape.
Has gobs of compresion still. Had a look at the piston through intake and exhaust and not a mark on it. I looked through the spark plug hole with my boroscope and it looks mint in there.
Should a guy ho likes low end power increase compression when he does the re-build.
This site rocks, thanks for all the help.
Do to the fact that the hunny is not in production. It is my job to keep this piece of history in mint shape.SO HELP ME GOD