Okay,

So my race NSR has always been a bitch on the starts. It really doesn't like to launch, but once its going, the power is really good. I was at first thinking I would "dink" with the needles, as this seems to be the jet that it would be on at the time of starts.

But while I was going through the bike after the last race, I took the pipes off to inspect the top end, and noticed that the power valves are closed a good amount. I rotated the servo, and turned the kill switch on, and it went back to where it was (arrow is sitting nearly at "lo" on the servo motor), and the valves are closed (they are blocking the exhaust port to their max).

Well, my TPS isn't attached to the carb body, so I decided to come up with a way to attach it (I am missing the little clip, but Matt P said this is okay for a race bike). Well I made a clip of sorts, and the TPS is now attached to the carb body. I went through the standard adjusting, and it's now sitting on "lo", so they are all the way closed (with the TPS wire disconnected, as per standard Honda adjusting instructions).

Now I am trying to figure out if the valves should be closed (blocking the exhaust port), or open (recessed into the body of the cylinder). And what should "lo" and "hi" represent in terms of the valves themselves? I am basically wondering if the cables are crossed, and they are working in reverse.

Thanks
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Charles Gallant