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Hello Micheal, ich bin in deuchland geboren, ich habe sechs jaren dar gewohnt, ich habe der kawa in Braunsweig gekauft, ich vinde es nicht einfach in deutsch zu schreiben. Any way back to the Mikunis, they are thoroughly clean and ready to go. im also rebuilding front calipers and master cyilinder. cheers Tony.
Hello Michael, are you the german guy from the 750 twin site? if so i liked your posts on the Mikuni carb and head gasket repair. Thanks for the info, im going to have my carbs ultrasooned, and then start again. You say your bike idles at 1800rpm, that is high, am i right in assuming that if you adjusted the tick over lower, that it would stall when cold? I work for Mercedes as a mechanic, i also had my own work shop selling and repairing classic cars, Ive had alot of expierence working on English twins and triples, and American twins. I know you can have two identical factory supplied engines, and one will run beautiful, and the other wil run crap, maybe ive got an engine that runs crap, what do you think, cheers Tony. PS ich spreche auch Deutsch.
Hi captain kwak, put the carbs back on the bike, after having cleaned, and flushed with carb cleaner plus blowing every thing through with compressed air. when i started the bike i pulled the choke out to first notch, bike starts no problem with a slight increase in revs, but as bike warms i have to keep turning the idle down [ of choke } untill its at operating temp, i cant ride the bike any distance because it doesnt have reg plates. If i let the engine cool of then start again then i have to turn the idle back up other wise it will just stall. Ive adjusted the idle mixture screws to 2.5 turns. i replaced idle jets with nr 45 thats the same size as what was in there, would that be .45mm?. I have contact with a Kawasaki dealer here, he is pretty up to date with the older bikes, he suggested i ultraaoon the carbs and start all over again. well thats the update untill now. monday im of to Portugal for three weeks hols, cheers for now Tony.
hello Kaye,
Nice bike, i would love to hear it run,i had those megaton silencers on my kawa 440 ltd, the previous owner had fitted them, nice throaty sound but popped and banged on over run, had to richen the idle to sort it, i even tacked in two baffles, because it was so noisy on motorway runs, but back to those keihin carbs, theres plenty of sets here available at breakers, do they just pop into the Original rubbers, and i gather that they have a cable choke? im going to have one more go at those mikunis tomorrow, if that doesnt work im going to try those gpz carbs. cheers Tony.Hello kaye, what does your bike run like with those Kehin carbs, ive just bought a 1983 ltd, with the standard mikunis and am not having much succes in setting them up, im continuasly having to adjust the idle warm and cold. how does the choke work will your bike idle when cold. did you do the jetting? cheers for now Tony.
Hello kaye, what does your bike run like with those Kehin carbs, ive just bought a 1983 ltd, with the standard mikunis and am not having much succes in setting them up, im continuasly having to adjust the idle warm and cold. how does the choke work will your bike idle when cold. did do the jetting? cheers for now Tony.
Hi captain kwak, thanks for the info, tomorrow at work i will give every thing a good blow through with compressed air and carb cleaner, i noticrd that the left hand carb had much more gunge, reason being my bike is not fitted with a centre stand, and it was stored on side stand. Are you using synthetic oil in your bike? we use it in all the Mercedes models.i will post some pics of the ltd as soon as i get the hang of it. cheers for now Tony.
Hi captain kwak, i took the cabs of today, and dismantled everthing, i did notice that they wernt sync, i cleaned all jets and jet holders, also one float is higher than the other, what is the correct setting?
Should the bike fast idle on choke, ther is no fast idle cam like on the kehin carb, i assume the vacuum created by the open choke mechanism is enough to keep it on fast idle when cold. Do you suggest ultrasoon or would carb cleaner and compressed air be enough. intake rubbers and diaghrams are good. thanks so far for your help, cheers Tony.
