Roxy: Sizzling!

After Wednesday's ride, noticed that oil was leaking from the intake cover again.  Also, water would sizzle on the fins of the head, which I'd read was a sure sign of an overheating engine.  A lean mixture can cause overheating, and it seemed probable that switching back to stock jets had leaned things out too much.

I was hoping for an easy fix, so I just swapped out the stock jets with the silver ones that were in the bike originally.  So now I have the two silver jets in the "C" carb.

She started up cold on one kick after the swap, but wouldn't idle until I dialed in the air screw.  It's now only 7/8 turn out!

Rode Balboa again today, and was worried when I saw the oil leaking again on my way back.  I thought the oil leak was another symptom of the overheating.  But after getting back to the garage, I found that water wouldn't sizzle anymore.  The head was definitely much cooler.

The oil leak is still worrying.  I wonder if the overheating may have distorted the rubber or somehow caused it to loosen up.  I'll just try tightening things up first.

So now it looks like the silver jets are larger than the stock 85/35.  I just ordered some micro drill bits so I can figure out exactly what size they really are.  You find the largest drill bit that fits through, then you measure it with a caliper.