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Nice XS11! Love these old 1100s. A small bit of advice, the XS1100 CV cards will do much better and help eliminate the low end stubble with adding some velocity stacks. The stock ones inside the stock airbox work amazingly well.

You cannot ride without tunjng the carbs for how much air they getting now. Without an airbox you suck in a LOT of air. The fuel is not compensate for that.

After such a short distance, the spark plugs should be just about clean like they came out of the box, with just a hint of tan beginning to form on the porcelain. My Virago sounded similar when the plugs became too fouled. The plugs were completely black after 5 miles, and the the missing set in. Turned out it was failed O-rings that are not listed in any parts diagram, and not available as spare parts. When they fail, instead of mixing air into the needle jet, you get fuel. I am pretty sure the carbs on your XS1100 are designed differently, but if the main jet is bolted into a plastic pipe and the carb piston runs in a plastic guide, that could be the issue. However, it is more likely to you have an issue with float level or carb clogging or fuel supply or something else regarding the carbs. For instance, you will never be able to get CV carbs to work well without the airbox. You can get the engine to run OK eventually, but you will never get nearly as much horsepower as you will with the stock setup. Cycle World magazine did extensive testing on a GS1100, as did German magazine MOTORRAD, using dyno and CO2 emission testing, and there just was no was to get proper operation under all conditions. Inline fuel filters can also play havoc with fuel flow. But do not rule out a spark issue. A strobe timing lamp will only flicker if you have a spark going on inside the cylinder. If it breaks down or is erratic, you either have a defect spark plug or no energy reaching the spark plug.

seems like timings off, might be hydrolocking the cylinder from not firing then it fires and fouls the plug slightly, that noise might be fuel igniting in the exhaust

I'm loving seeing all these new creators coming on the scene and bringing us classic machinery. I subbed to your channel. Have a Merry Christmas and keep on cranking out bangers.

Yeah, tuning the carbs would do you wonders, but i'm also wondering if your timing is advancing because its backfiring hard... Try setting your timing to a fixed angle and reving it with a ziming light hooked up to see if it stays put with rpm increase ...

Mine used to foul plugs all the time. Try cleaning the needle and seats and checking the float height is correct.

Carburetors!!!!

I was just out there yesterday with my T7. I contemplated doing the trail you did in this video, but the ruts were filled with a lot of water so i decided to pass haha. Are you local to tahuya or just the surrounding area? We should ride sometime, id say our skill levels are similar

I was going to give my two cents about "standing up more" and keeping momentum. But I kept watching and to be fair to you, that's ADV bike hell bro. It's wildly rutted out and I probably wouldn't be going much faster, regardless of experience.

Fun trails, but hell it feels terrible sometimes when you dont know where you gonna end up at lol

Why didn’t you ride the single track? You were in the 4x4 section.

awesome video! looks like a really fun place to ride(except for those crazy 4x4 trails) can only imagine how slick it can get when its real wet.

you put up a good fight, so did the t7 LOL. Ill subscribe just for what ya went through there. Good stuff. Shower must've been refreshing. what audio recorder did you get?

Good thing you are a young buck!!! Think you got off of the T7.....

Keep at it man! You're definitely still learning to control a big bike off road. I've had my T7 on most of the trails out there. There's something very satisfying about riding trails on an adv bike. A lot of the jeep trails in Tahuya out by Belfair are a bit more big bike friendly. If you're wanting to get more comfortable and build these sort of skills, try spending some time out there.

"This is a horrible idea" is the opening line to every great story!

A former Olympia low life now residing in Texas. I sure do miss riding Rock candy, middle Waddell, sheltucky and Tahuya. Looks like their doing a lot of clear cutting up there. Not much Capital forest left.

Love the colour aesthetic of the video. If you want to make it more cinematic and make the footage look faster. Get a wide angle lens mod for your GoPro and make the recording frame-rate 24fps That’s only if you want to

Sometimes the best videos are just the sound of the engine on a road through the woods.

So beautiful over there! I can certainly empathize with letting your brain get the best of you when out there alone. Work up to it like you said and you'll be good. Nice ride and video, thank you for sharing!

The first year I went wild camping, there was no problem UNTIL I was woken up in the middle of the night, by a big wild boar sniffing my luggage in my open shelter - THEN I felt like you with all the noises. Every time there was a sound close by, the flashlight would be switched on - Now I know most sounds are birds and mice and I sleep tight !

All the abandoned vehicles 😮

Dude, the drive back in the dark was so much more dangerous than the noises at night. Those fears are your primitive limbic part of you brain playing tricks on you. Go out again right away, sleep with some bear spray and a big buck knife if you must. Make yourself get used to it. It gets easier and soon you will come to love the noises at night. 👍

Lol, if you're scared of the noises, maybe you shouldn't solo camp. Or play music or podcasts on your phone to drown out the other sounds. Nothing is going to get you dude, that was a great spot and you should have stuck with it.

It's trippy man after the sun goes down lol. Especially in the woods.

I’d really like to know about your nav device please

Allegedly I know that road allegedly

This won the hearts and minds

Well this is exactly what I imagine when I think internet dude who likes Mosin Nagants.

Utilikilts -- don't know if they have molle panels, but they have lots of pockets and are very well made. Great job!

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Klinger!

At first I was.... WTF? Then, I was... what is in his mouth? Is he playing a Nezuko/maid? Then... oh, yeah, no pockets... Amazing, original, good shooting. I want to see a matching backpack next time though. Thanks for the video (I think... or maybe not. Truly fun... or very disturbing) Cheers.

That. Was. Epical. Mad props to you, Sir! :D

Man maids these days aint messing around Great run

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Well you weren't lying

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