I'm so excited to tell you that after years of reading through posts here and on the old intruderalert site, I finally had an opportunity to give back a little. A friend of mine picked up an '86 700 in great shape—about 10k miles and looks well-maintained, and yesterday brought it over and I helped introduce her to the thing, show her some basic maintenance, and also spot a few issues she'd want to address (one of the tailpipes was basically hanging loose!). Felt super good to be able to give back some of my knowledge. Anyway, while I've repeatedly encouraged her to join this forum, she's not interested, so I figured I'd ask some questions on her behalf.
- In general, any big differences between an 86 700 and my 93 800? They look super duper similar but figured I'd ask
- If the idle has longer times between each "putt" sound, that's probably a situation where we should increase the idle jet, right? See video below—the third start is when she has pulled out the choke, in case that tells you all any useful info. Her only complaint so far has been that it seems to have too low of an idle, stops at stoplights sometimes, etc. She's added a lot of seafoam so far but I think she probably needs to at least adjust the idle jet.
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- The one non-stock thing I noticed was that (if looking at the bike from in front if it) the right tail pipe twists behind the battery box and ends on the left side, and the left pipe stays on the left side and is cut super short. Is that a common mod? Is it something one does basically for aesthetics/looks? And such a mod wouldn't impact anything carb-related, right?
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- I've sent her both the Clymer manual and the Suzuki service manual, but I'm wondering—anyone have a link to the basic owner's manual? That's honestly still my handiest reference for basic stuff, and the only one I've bothered to print out, so I'd love to send her that too if I can track it down. Even a different year is probably OK, but I can't even find a PDF of my own anymore.
Thanks!