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Pods, 4-1, Jet kit: Should I do it?

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Yea, I saw that deal from them. Thanks for the heads up. How are your pipes working out?
 
Skyboy8950 said:
Yea, I saw that deal from them. Thanks for the heads up. How are your pipes working out?
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They make an EXCELLENT bench for photo taking! Nice white box! :D

I am waiting on valves shims, and tank paint, and have not bolted them on yet. I already have a 4:1 set on there that are all messed up, so I will ballpark tune her with those before I through these on, as I do not want to mess up the chrome sooner than I have to.

My bike has not gotten a lot of love before me, so I'm creeping through what is an ever more expensive project. I'm nervous about even getting her on the road this season, as I'm not going to want to pay for a 6 mos of insurance for only a month (in Vermont, starting monday) of riding time. Once I de-dent the tank, paint the tank, side covers, tail plastic, and cam caps, reinstall the R&R, the stator, the battery, re-set the points timing, replace the offending valve shims (two have sub .001 clearance), sort out the bee's nest of wiring, and then decide what to do about the chain and sprockets, replace these essentially non-filtering Emgo Pods with K&Ns, then finally buy a carb manometer (don't know why, but I'm procrastinating on buying one) and sync the carbs, and then swap out main jets until I'm happy with the results, I think I'll get to putting the pipes on. That is, assuming that my new job allows me home enough to do that before the snow falls. I leave for SC this Monday. Phew....

Guess I needed to rant, heh. :p:)

I'll give you an example of what my PO considered PM... He painted the chain white. :confused:
 
Sick mod! If I had a chain, I would totally paint it!







Don't worry, I'm just joking. But it would be awesome!
 
Saw a red Busa at the weekend with a guy on it... all red, red light covers etc etc... he'd even painted the tyres! Nut job!! :D
 
I'll paint my new pipes and Pods green to match my bike.

Will I have to rejet again when I paint my pods?
 
I love this site. Please send me a pic when you decide to paint the pods and chain green. You know........it may be a hillbilly/outlaw thing..but my grandpa (who rode the "gypsy tour" from Kentucky to Canada from 1934 until the late 1970s) always claimed that "green is no color for a two-wheeled machine". I'm not sure why, but the old timers, from my part of the country would never ride a 'green' bike!?

Now, as far as the carbs.....once I put the pods on the carbs...I also use very stout plastic tie-straps to brace them from the cross member on the frame (just above the carbs).

I really don't think you "need" to brace them (cause the intake boots are pretty stout themselves) but I thought, just as you did, that the weight of the carbs would/might pull down a little too much on the boots and cause an air leak. With large tie-straps (those thick plastic ones made so famous by electricians) I find that the carbs are as stable as if they were braced by steel brackets and all the weight is taken off the boots.
 
Oh yea....almost forgot: I have a header from a 1980 GS750 that I decided to paint with white ceramic paint. The header looks very cool...if a white header looks cool to you. I never did use it because I found another 4-2-1: however, I may choose to use it in the future; but I'll have to find some pipes to paint with the ceramic as well..

The ceramic really made a cool looking coat on the old ugly pipes. I don't know how well it would hold up with heat........but that is what ceramic is supposed to be good at.
 
dtkid,

So, I was pretty much joking about painting the pods and pipes, though now that you mention white pipes, I could see that being cool just like black pipes.

As for the green... The PO painted it "british racing" green. It is actually a lot darker than british racing green but it has sparkles in it! SPARKLES!!!

I'll get a pic up soon of it. I don't really like the color, but oh well.

Supporting the pods = good idea I think. I have brand new intake boots, but still wouldn't want the carbs dragging them down over time.
 
dtkid said:
..but my grandpa (who rode the "gypsy tour" from Kentucky to Canada from 1934 until the late 1970s) always claimed that "green is no color for a two-wheeled machine". I'm not sure why, but the old timers, from my part of the country would never ride a 'green' bike!?
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Your Grandpa was a wise man....
Green bikes, (and cars), are bad luck...
I won't own 'em, drive 'em or ride 'em....

(Does that make me an "old timer"?):p

I've been looking for a 2000-2002 Kawasaki ZRX and they are almost all green...:confused:
I'd pass up the greatest deal if it's green.....

Later,
 
Way to be a downer. What are you trying to do to me here. I don't come to your thread and say "I wouldn't look at your bike". Sheesh.
 
I love it that is says theatre people don't like green. I just got my masters in theatre (technical, not an actor) and have never heard that. Well, I'm going to go ride my death trap.
 
Baatfam:

So, the whole 'green-thing' ain't just an ignorant Kentucky family thing!?! I never was sure...I'm glad to see that someone else has suffered, or learned, the same proven, logical, historical, relevant knowledge that I have been so wonderfully exposed too.
 
Skyboy8950 said:
Nice. Lets get back to my pods, 4-1, and jet kit...
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LOL....sure....my DynaJet kit is due tomorrow from DennisKirk...I got the bike with K&N pods, plus SuperTrapp 4 into 1....
The PO had put in 147.5 mains, but left everything else stock...:-k
 
As of right now, I am on board to do it. I just want to know how much "tuning" there is. Replacing the jets is easy. Even moving the needle up and down is easy. The instructions with the jet kit tells you which jet number to put in and what notch to set the needle. Is that going to work?

Thanks.
 
The whole process is pretty simple to be honest whether you go for the pods & jet kit or play with stock parts. The thing to remember is that you might not get it right first time & it can be a lot of hassle messing about with it to get it right.

You can prob get pretty close by heeding the advice on here first go though... I did.

Dan :)
 
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