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03-17-2017, 08:27 AM | #1 |
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Hawk mikuni carb set up
I first tried to tune stock carb , but found out the pilot jet is a hard find . So I ordered a VM26 last nite . Looking for close set up for jets and air screw mix to save time , and because I am basicly lazy and wanna ride rather than tune .
Aftermarket pipe , open air box with Uni filter , and 250 miles on her . I have the jet kit and thinking 120 main and 1 1/2 air screw out , needle 2 down spacing , but pilot is where I am not informed yet . Suggestions to my thinking and what pilot to I get coming ? BTW flat land Wi so like low sea level settings . Can one but a pilot jet assortment anymore ?? I am about 20 years out of carb tuning , I was in shape and had hair back in those days.
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03-17-2017, 10:03 AM | #4 |
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Thanks guys , heading to local Kawasaki , Yamaha , suzuzuki dealer this morning and ordering me the pilot . Thanks , gotta love ya guys !!
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03-17-2017, 03:35 PM | #5 |
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I put my mikuni on today. Set it up with the factory 20 pilot and a 115 main. 1 1/2 out on the A/F screw. Needle in the middle slot. I have the "air box mod" and a gutted cat. So I'm not getting as much air as Rail32. I'd give it a try but it's time for me to go do adult stuff.
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03-17-2017, 05:50 PM | #6 | |
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I terrorized the neighborhood ditches , my lawn , woods is awe fully soupy , and a kick spin uptown as soon as most of the snow melted of the roads . That's about as adult as I get
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03-17-2017, 08:52 PM | #7 |
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ARH has this post at around 12 today. http://www.chinariders.net/showthrea...468#post247468
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03-19-2017, 11:21 AM | #8 |
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That idle speed screw on the side of the carb will most likely be off at 1-1/2 turns out.
The 1-1/2 turns out recommendation is for the Pilot Screw (bottom of carb) starting point
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03-19-2017, 11:47 AM | #9 |
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Thanks for the suggestions. I've read several posts and it seems the term for idle screw is used for both screws. Carbs puzzle me. I'll attack the mikuni again later this week when the new pilot jets arrive. Back to stock for now to get in some riding on the warm days ahead.
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03-19-2017, 12:26 PM | #11 |
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I like it when ARH chimes in on carb posts. Out of all the articles I've read, Youtube's I've watched, he is the only one that has made sense to me. So one more time for us slow kids. The idle speed screw is on the right side of the carb (pic 1). The same place as the "knob" that adjusts the idle speed on the stock carb. The idle mixture screw is on the bottom of the carb (pic 2). Set idle mixture screw 1 1/2 turns out to start. Give me two weeks and I should be done with this.
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03-19-2017, 05:15 PM | #12 | |
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03-19-2017, 08:41 PM | #13 |
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I also have the copy. I have a VM32 spigot mount on my 1980 KX125. It is stock and uses a rubber adapter to hold the reed valve cage in and hose clamp to attach the carb to it.
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03-19-2017, 09:30 PM | #14 |
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I was feeling bad about hijacking the thread. Glad this info is helpful to others. So I'll use ARH's instructions with this carb and see what happens. I'm confused enough about carbs and now I'm going down a side street with knock offs. I saw mikuni on the side of the carb and thought it was real. Naive redneck no understand Chinese business practices.
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