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Old 08-12-2010, 10:17 PM   #1
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Default Kawasaki B1 smoke

I just bought and old Kawasaki B1. It smokes a lot..I know these bikes smoke but I've also seen ones that aren't too bad. Any idea what I can do? Is there any kind of filter I can put in or put on the end of the exhaust? I live in Taipei and whenever I stop at a traffic light there are so many people on scooters around me, I hate bothering people with smoke.

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here is a picture of it

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...9/IMG_5840.jpg
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Old 08-13-2010, 05:09 AM   #2
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It's a two stroke. It's supposed to smoke.

Do you mix the fuel by hand or is there an injection pump? If there's a pump it needs to be adjusted. If you mix by hand try some Amsoil. It mixes at 100:1.
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Old 08-13-2010, 07:24 AM   #3
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See now, right there is what I mean.....the cheapest little two popper you can buy on earth most likely and it has an enclosed chain. Imagine something like that made out of black plastic on a sport touring, standard or adventure bike running an x ring chain and it'd last forever along with the sprockets. Minimum 50k mile chain life and it'd weight 3 ounces.
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Old 08-13-2010, 07:55 AM   #4
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Sweet looking little bike!

I wonder if you can get Amsoil in Taiwan?
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