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Hi folks

First of all thanks for all the contributions on my last post. After a little bit of grinding I managed to get the flywheel on, and the bike fired up after a couple of prods.
The scoot now starts easy but dies as as soon as you try to pull away.
I'm thinking jetting as the timing seems ok
Can anyone give me an idea of what emulsion tube, idle jet. Main jet etc, would be a good start for a dr130 kit, spaco carb with a sip road 2 exhaust, TIA
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I don't know if you have a 20/20 or a 24/24 carb, I'd guess the 20/20 due to it being the 80 and going with the 135 kit.

I don't know what the stock jetting is, so I'd probably start with 120 main and up the idle to get an idea of where it should be at. 120 is likely going to be way too big, which is what you want so you can work down.

what are the jets currently?

anyway here's a start: Wiki [D] Guide: SI Jetting Chart + How to Tune an SI Carb
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Hi thanks for the reply, I've tried 106 main and the plug just seems to get very very wet and it bogs down, the cleaner I go the better it revs, which can't be right
Quite a lot of fuel spit back
Could I have a weak cdi?
Stator and flywheel are new.
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Hi thanks for the reply, I've tried 106 main and the plug just seems to get very very wet and it bogs down, the cleaner I go the better it revs, which can't be right
Quite a lot of fuel spit back
Could I have a weak cdi?
Stator and flywheel are new.
Tia
If the jetting checks out as not awful. And there are no fuel leaks or the choke not stuck on. But the plug still gets really wet for no obvious reason, this combined with no power, could suggest a crankcase air/oil leak. Worth checking to rule it out.
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If the jetting checks out as not awful. And there are no fuel leaks or the choke not stuck on. But the plug still gets really wet for no obvious reason, this combined with no power, could suggest a crankcase air/oil leak. Worth checking to rule it out.
Another thing to look at is a weak spark. I spent a ridiculous amount of time this summer trying to get a carb right and it turned out to be a bad ground on the stator. In hind sight, the wet plug should have steered me more towards ignition.
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Thanks for the info so far,
The investigation goes on

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