Jetting a new 344

[udontknowme]

i believe most if not all bikes used some kind of resistor in the system . either at the plug or boot. is it safe to say the purpose was to eliminate any possible interference with the cdi ?   at any rate i was thinking to take out all the resistors

how would i tell if i had a resistor wire ?

[Polonda]

Take the boot off and look at the center conductor of the wire. If it looks like standard stranded wire it is non resistor. If it is a single strand of a dark gray/black material it is resistor. Nearly all stock stock wires are resistor. I went to napa and bought a coue feet of non resister wire off a spool they had in bulk.

The stock R cap and wire are both resistor.

You can also take the plug wire out of the coil bit it may be glued in. I believe the stock R coil wire is glued in. Not sure how difficult it would be to get out.

I upgraded my stock coil to a Nology unit.

[Bowtie316]

Swapped plugs and the bike ran fine yesterday. I ended up back at a 188 main jet, it wouldn't run clean on a 190.  I ended up having to go to the second clip on the DGH needle to get it to clean out around 3/4 throttle but it was running pretty good. It pulls good and hard, and is much louder and deeper sounding than with the 250cc motor.

Thanks Polonda, you hit the nail on the head.

[Polonda]

No problem man. Glad I could help.

[Bowtie316]

what about me?i helped too"lol".glad you got it running good.

Well, Polanda called spark plug gap right off the bat, that was the root of my problem. Then after I got that fixed and jetted it back up where it was supposed to be, then I was too rich on the needle, well atleast in the 3/4 throttle range.  I am pretty sure going to the CEL needle you suggested will clear it all up.