Hello All -
New to the forum and also the Volusia. I just picked up mine: 2003, sweet looking ride (with Vance and Hines cruzers, which are a bit too loud for my ears). Problem is, the last owner seems to have put too much oil in it and when I pulled off the air box cover, milky oil came out and there was oil in the air filter. So I drained it, cleaned up what I could, put on a K&N air filter (it was the only one I could get), changed the oil filter, filled her up with oil, and... it feels like the gas mixture is too lean.
Bet no one saw that coming. So here's the thing and then questions:
1) If I pull out the choke, the bike feels better. Is riding with the choke on a stupid solution?
2) Is there anywhere I can just get an OEM air filter? I'm totally happy to put the bike back to stock (I've got a line on some stock pipes that I could put on as well)?
3) If push comes to shove, and I have to go with the K&N, how long does the actual re-jet process take? I asked a local mechanic and he quoted me 4 hours of labor! I'd really rather just buy an OEM filter!
New to the forum and also the Volusia. I just picked up mine: 2003, sweet looking ride (with Vance and Hines cruzers, which are a bit too loud for my ears). Problem is, the last owner seems to have put too much oil in it and when I pulled off the air box cover, milky oil came out and there was oil in the air filter. So I drained it, cleaned up what I could, put on a K&N air filter (it was the only one I could get), changed the oil filter, filled her up with oil, and... it feels like the gas mixture is too lean.
Bet no one saw that coming. So here's the thing and then questions:
1) If I pull out the choke, the bike feels better. Is riding with the choke on a stupid solution?
2) Is there anywhere I can just get an OEM air filter? I'm totally happy to put the bike back to stock (I've got a line on some stock pipes that I could put on as well)?
3) If push comes to shove, and I have to go with the K&N, how long does the actual re-jet process take? I asked a local mechanic and he quoted me 4 hours of labor! I'd really rather just buy an OEM filter!