This isn't going to cause any trouble for you in terms of reliability - changing jets will only change how the bike runs, but otherwise it doesn't change things mechanically. You may be required to drill holes in your carburetor slide, but that's a very simple thing to do and also won't affect reliability.

As for the air filter, most aftermarket air filters are better than OEM air filter, and being re-usable makes aftermarkter air filters a must anyways. I don't know for sure, but I would bet this bike comes with a paper air filter that's not re-usable.

It's also probable that the bikes comes from the factory a little lean - at least a few other models from Honda come this way, and that's probably why DynoJet makes the jet kit. So if you richen the jetting a little, at high altitude performance may decrease, since at high altitude, bikes run richer.

But if you are only riding at high altitude, you'll want to tuen your jetting for those altitudes, but if you lean the jetting for high altitude, be sure to richen it back up if you go down to sea level, or else it will run very lean and you risk overheating.

These are just the problems everyone with a carbureted bike has to deal with - I have my bike jetted for sea level, and the performance doesn't decrese enough for me to worry when I go up to 9,000 feet so I never touch it.

I should also mention that if you put a better flowing air filter in and richen up the jetting, your fuel consumption will go up slightly.

[This message has been edited by wbagwell (edited 19 January 2003).]

[This message has been edited by wbagwell (edited 19 January 2003).]

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