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[QUOTE="jboomer, post: 684767, member: 27524"] I raced once and was doing well until about the end of the 2nd lap (5 lap race). Every time I jumped, the bike would die so when I landed it would start the engine again, almost throwing me over the bars. I even crashed once when I hit the face of the jump, the bike died, causing me to land nose low on the face of the landing ramp. Well, after struggling through the race, I finished dead last. It was really rainy that night and the track was extremely muddy, so I didn't even bother doing a bike inspection until the next morning. Went outside and searched the bike, but couldn't find the problem. So, took the bike out of the truck and when I turned on the gas, gas started POURING out of the bike. Well, traced the fuel stream to the drain bolt on my carb. Turns out, before the race I put in a larger main jet (so the bike wouldn't get too hot) and finger tightened the drain bolt, but I guess I forgot to tighten it with a wrench. Everytime I would jump I guess the carb would raise up a few milimeters allowing the gas to drain out of that little hole on the side of the drain bolt and drain my float bowl. On the big jumps, there would be enough zero "G" to cause the bike to bog, then die. [/QUOTE]
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