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:grin2: Hi, new guy with 1995 900SS - longtime mechanic. Been going through her and getting ready to get my motorcycle endorsement back. Took her for a ride yesterday around neighborhood to sort suspension and see how she behaves. When aggressively rolling in the throttle from low speed / RPM (~ 30MPH and 3K RPM) she ping'd a wee bit for very short duration. BTW for what this bike is - this thing friggin rips - far more power and acceleration than I was expecting. (Bought bike on a chance - not running when I got her and had been sitting for 4-5 years in a garage - chance paid off big time! Smoked like an industrial bug fogger for first 20 minutes - thought I was going to have to rebuild her - and then suddenly she sealed back up and been good ever since.)
So I did a hot compression check which was another reason for riding her - I got 185 PSI front and 182 PSI rear with a leak down of about 2% (I am aircraft mech and used my certified tooling) so very happy with those results.
However after scouring posts could not find any with a compression reading as high as mine?
Any guessing as to what lurks inside the top end?
So I did a hot compression check which was another reason for riding her - I got 185 PSI front and 182 PSI rear with a leak down of about 2% (I am aircraft mech and used my certified tooling) so very happy with those results.
However after scouring posts could not find any with a compression reading as high as mine?
Any guessing as to what lurks inside the top end?
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