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Mikuni rs carb trouble and valve gap ignorance

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dreadmanbastard

Mikuni rs carb trouble and valve gap ignorance

#1 PostAuthor: dreadmanbastard » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:39 pm

hello! more trouble in paradise.

2 questions

1)I have checked all my valve gaps and most are 0.05 to 0.15 two are 0.2 Is it worth changing the shim for the sake of 0.05 of a mm?

2) My carbs need sorting. I have taken them off and cleaned them. Found out im running a 110 mainjet. seems small but i have no mid to high end troubles , perhaps a little slow to respond to a handful of throttle. the pilot jet is the standard 17.5, needle is in centre clip. the mix is very rich low down, so much so that my exhaust mainfold has petrol in it! the revs seem to stick often about 4000 revs when i give it some welly out of gear and sometime act as a cruise control low down in 2nd.

since cleaning ive yet to balance the carbs using vacuem gauges. Some advise on how to do that well would be crackin'.
otherwise some tuning advise for the richness???

what is the main air jet and the pilot air jet for? they are on the edge of the intake trumpet
And the pilot fuel screw? round the engine side underneath?

what a can of worms :?: :?:

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#2 PostAuthor: chrisu » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:07 pm

bit loose but better that than too tight.

do you have a set of gauges to balance ?

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#3 PostAuthor: paulmceleney » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:35 pm

sounds like your choke could be sticking thats why its running rich but my advice is buy yourself a colourtune this will help you tune your carbs 26.00 pounds on ebay

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#4 PostAuthor: dreadmanbastard » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:03 pm

chrisu wrote:bit loose but better that than too tight.

do you have a set of gauges to balance ?




ive got a set of vaceum gauges. 4 dials and 4 pipes type thing.

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ive seen those colourtunes, didnt know if they're any good.

will check the choke, but it works to start the bike and it turns off once started, but maybe needs adjusting[/quote]

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#5 PostAuthor: Rich » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:15 pm

1 / put the shims into the correct range for your engine.

2/ set the fuel heights correctly for the carbs and then take the bike to someone who has experience with RS carbs and a dyno. I know it sounds drastic, but it will save you so much hassle and ****ing about that in the long run it will be well worth it. For your location I would suggest Rob at Mistral.
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#6 PostAuthor: paulmceleney » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:16 pm

colourtunes are excellent ,and well worth the money it will give you options ,there is a booklet that comes with the kit and i manged to fix too of my bikes with this bit of kit know need to guess anymore


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