la400ex
01-05-2003, 01:07 PM
Well, i figured out why my bike was so lean. The intake boot is cracked. I temporarily fixed that just to see how it would run. Well, it now runs perfect. Starts as soon as a press the button, idles perfect and everything. Im still breaking it in and i was riding around my front yard and noticed that I had oil on my leg right above my knee. I rode it to the porch and checked it out. There is oil around the bottom of the cylinder. I guess the base gasket tore. I torqued the bolts to the specs that are on this site. Im disgusted. I just got it together yesterday and I think im going to have to take it back down now. Another thing, it is smoking pretty bad when I rev it a little. It wasnt doing it when it was lean so Im hoping that its just smoking because its rich. The smoke isnt really black though. I probably need some valve seals now. Any other reasons that I could have oil on my leg??? Thanks, Anthony