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Cleaning the YICS channel

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by tabaka45, Mar 19, 2013.

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  1. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    powder-burn from firing his xj550 Seca gas-powered transverse YICS muzzleloader.

    Dave F
     
    hogfiddles, Mar 20, 2013
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  2. Polock

    Polock Well-Known Member

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    What lives in that chamber? Air / fuel mixture, every time you shut the bike off some gets trapped in there, then gets roasted, then condensed as the engine cools. Next time it runs some of the roasted gas gets blown out but not all of it.
    Repeat for 20K miles. Black Goo or carbon.
     
    Polock, Mar 21, 2013
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  3. tabaka45

    tabaka45 Well-Known Member

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    Fitz, you have to remember that you are one of the few that have a perfectly tuned bike. The rest of us are still in training. :)
     
    tabaka45, Mar 21, 2013
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  4. bigfitz52

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    Not worth worrying about? (At least that was my point.)

    Obviously, if you do have a gummy, sooty or otherwise blackened and nasty YICS channel, then by all means clean it. My point was that it shouldn't be frequently necessary.
     
    bigfitz52, Mar 21, 2013
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  5. Ground-Hugger

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    I only clean mine BEFORE I put the YICS blocking tool in when doing a tune up so it shouldn't need doing very often. And yes I do use the 12 gauge one its a tite fit but that's how you make sure it gets clean. Just like cleaning a shotgun.
     
    Ground-Hugger, Mar 21, 2013
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  6. k-moe

    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Aluminum oxide from sitting?
     
    k-moe, Mar 21, 2013
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    Orange-n-Black Well-Known Member

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    That's how he keeps it so clean. LOL
     
    Orange-n-Black, Mar 22, 2013
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  8. bigfitz52

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    Umm, no I average around 5K ~ 8K miles a season.
     
    bigfitz52, Mar 22, 2013
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    You only ride one season per year? That seems a bit low.. lol
     
    BluesBass, May 3, 2013
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  10. mtnbikecrazy55

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    Feisty feisty!

    I think Fly needs to do a model on the yics chamber ;)
     
    mtnbikecrazy55, May 3, 2013
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