How to Jet Your Carbs - Article

[BassCliff]

Your humble servant

Your humble servant

this raises a question for me. i have read a MILLION threads about jetting, and have absorbed the wisdom of mr keith krause (who, in my opinion, comes somewhere just below frank in my hierarchy of gs deities..along with nessism, bwringer, cliff, and maybe a few others...)

Hi Mr. greg78gs750,

Oh man. I should not even be mentioned in the same breath with those guys. But I agree that there are quite a few helpful, friendly members who know these bikes like the back of their hand. I'm just not one of them. With their help, maybe someday.

I've collected a couple of notes re: carb jetting on my little BikeCliff website. I'd be happy to host a definitive article on the subject as it pertains to our GS bikes. I would imagine that Frank or one of his assistants (Dan) could find some space in the Garage Section for it too.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Guest]

well, cliff, i dunno about that.....your site and posts have been of invaluable help to me, so, really, thank you!!!

 

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Keith I hope I am not one of those people. You are a true expert and don't mind passing on your expertise. I have learnt a lot now. Thanks for advice on the brass plate thingo in my VM slide, I am very adept at stuffing all the bits in the lide and popping in the small screws and lining everything up. Did you check out my link on cleaning my carbs http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=122547

No, you're not one of those people. Checked out your thread but you're done with it now.
I'm no expert, just made more mistakes than a person should be allowed to and I try to help others avoid the same.

 

[Guest]

hey, have you guys checked out the link in that other post about carb circuits? it has some pretty nice diagrams...

 

[Guest]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=122781

 

[bleeble]

I know... I'm late to the party again. :|

I don't know if anyone mentioned it or not, but BassCliff has carb manuals for our bikes on his website. You could also pick up Sudco's Mikuni Tuning Manual (http://www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=231). It doesn't specifically cover the carbs on our bikes, but it does introduce the basic principles then shows how they work with real carbs. There are plenty of exploded views and cutaways so you can see how things are working. It also covers set-up, tuning, and troubleshooting (good for newbies like me).

No, I'm not a Sudco rep. I just happened to pick one up with an order and found it to be a much better reference than most of the vague, cobbled-together stuff I've seen online.