Hello, it's great to be part of this forum. I bought a used motorized bicycle and I'm going through all the parts to understand how it works and what can be improved. So far I replaced the stock plug and plug wire with parts from sickbikeparts and I installed a killswitch and idler pulley with parts from dax.
I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue where the the engine bogs down at full throttle. I took out the carburetor needle and moved the c-clip to the notch furthest away from the point of the pin. The engine would hardly run. Then I put the c-clip one notch closer to the point of the pin (which was where it was before) and the engine ran fine, with the same bogging at full throttle. I'm planning to move the c-clip one notch closer to the point of the pin to see what happens, but I was wondering what exactly I'm adjusting by doing this.
I appreciate your feedback! Also, I've read some posts about adjusting the needle, but it's unclear to me whether "up" and "down" refer to the position of the needle or the position/notch of the c-clip. This is an important detail because they're inversely related.
I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue where the the engine bogs down at full throttle. I took out the carburetor needle and moved the c-clip to the notch furthest away from the point of the pin. The engine would hardly run. Then I put the c-clip one notch closer to the point of the pin (which was where it was before) and the engine ran fine, with the same bogging at full throttle. I'm planning to move the c-clip one notch closer to the point of the pin to see what happens, but I was wondering what exactly I'm adjusting by doing this.
I appreciate your feedback! Also, I've read some posts about adjusting the needle, but it's unclear to me whether "up" and "down" refer to the position of the needle or the position/notch of the c-clip. This is an important detail because they're inversely related.