I bought an 84 iowa spree. flushed old gas, new plug, new injector oil in tank but didnt clear out all the hose of the old, old tranny oil still in.
Ok, So the bike seems to run ok but it is insanly slow on the start until about 15mph then it seems to accelerate faster. Then it tops out at 22mph. It is the iowa so i know the muffler is crap, but would just the normal muffler/jet size make it that much faster? My friend has an 86 aero which is the same engine and its a lot faster on the take off and tops out at about 37mph.
My spree is so low on power i can hold it wide open and hold the bike back from going without the front tire wanting to come off the ground. I havent checked the compression but when manually turning it over it didnt give easy by any means so Im guessing its fine. Im not sure if the new injector oil has made its way in yet either ive only riden it a little bit but i did get the smoking to go away :).
I quess the question is, is the iowa spree only suppose to go 22mph top speed? And would changing the muffler and jet to a normal spree muffler and jet make it go 35mph and have a stronger start?
After That i wanna do the air filter mod, I heard it was the K&N that goes to a chevy V-8 valve cover or something like that?? Anyone know the part number or excataly what it is so i can better explain it to the napa person?
Then i also wanna do the pulley mod but all i know about it is that its a pulley mod... i have no idea what to do, any help would be great!!!
Thanks a ton guys! I found a normal spree muffler for about $40 so if that will get my spree up to 35mph I'll be way happy, but what i really want is a bike that accelerates fast, 45mph is a good enough top speed.
Posted on Oct 18, 2003, 7:53 PM from IP address 24.116.136.25
