Cool, thanks for sharing
if ya get bored with that, you could always
throw it in a car and go over 250 mph at Bonneville
like our own Mr. Savage, and also that bike is built into
a REAL mean machine (set up for 230+) for lsr by also our very own Gary
Baker, I have been beating on an 88 vintage 1000R, pretty tough stuff
Joe :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "atrav" <atrav@vcmails.com>
To: "LSR list" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: ARG!!
> A vent...
> I've been fighting the carbs (DAYS!!) on one of my motorcycle
projects, an '86 Ninja 1000R. All
> four carbs totally rebuilt, jets probed with my new pin gages, gone over
top to bottom. But, all day
> long today the float levels would be perfect on the bench, but about five
minutes after being on the
> bike, the #2 carb would be overflowing with fuel, what a mess.
> All day long, I take the carbs off, double check the float level,
fill 'em with gas, shake 'em
> around, tilt 'em, leave 'em tilted, dry as a bone, when off the bike.
> But, four times now, when mounted, the #2 float valve will just let
go and flood all over. I
> leave the external float gage on it now, and can see the fuel rising up
and out.
> Now, I think I've found the problem, we'll see how long it lasts, the
carbs are on the bike
> now. The #2 float valve is one of those rubber tipped valves. When I was
poking around behind the
> valve (expecting a chunk or something to keep the valve open randomly) I
noticed that it's real
> shallow beyond the valve. What I think was happening was that this
particular rubber 'nipple' part
> of the valve was a little longer than the rest (think 'gum massager' on a
toothbrush), or this valve
> assembly sits a little lower than the others, either way I think the very
pointy tip of the nipple
> was touching the back of the fuel feed area. I clipped just a hair off of
it, and it's lasted like
> 15 minutes so far.
> We'll see tomorrow, the mosquitoes have found me in the garage, and
I'm so sick of carburetors
> I'm ready for the bicycle. I won't even rant about Kawasaki's two piece
plastic floats, born to
> sink....
> -Aron-
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