Being in awe of the RD; jumping into getting one; being ripped off by every single mech; a lot of frustration; stumbling onto RDD; getting onto the learning curve, hard work; and finally - BLISS!
I just finished rebuilding my bike in the basement. I got her an RDD re-bore, crank and CDI. After six whole months of re-building - I am in seventh heaven.
The bike runs well and compared to what I was expecting from a US spec, pulls nice and strong in low range - courtsey the kick ass CDI.
Since I already had UNIs on, I thought I was good to go. But I screwed up on the jetting. It fluttered like hell and I fouled three sets of plugs trying to jet it right. I tried to troubleshoot the excess oil on my plugs in every way I could. Drained the transmission oil, reduced the premix, down-jetted several sizes, played with the timing but with very little improvement. I was constantly scared of ruining my freshly built motor.
I came running to Ron for help, which he was gracious enough to offer. For anybody who is thinking of running UNIs; please buy the kit from Ron because jetting is a skill that he has mastered over many years. It was foolish to risk it with a new motor. I sincerely thank Ron for sorting out the issues and putting up with all those calls. I also thank Shuvo for patiently answering all my questions that stemmed out of trying to protect my six months worth of work. He made installating the CDI a breeze. And lastly thank you everybody else at RDD – for putting up that mountain of knowledge on the forum. I am greatly indebted.
Cheers,
Aalap Patel
