Exactly what the title says. I have a set of 44mm mikuni carbs and I'm wondering if they are a matched set or just something that was pieced together. The throttle shafts are cut and ground, and on the one carb, the throttle stop is cut as well. I'm not sure if this is normal or not. Thanks.
How to tell if a set of carbs is "Matched"
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Wolf Child
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I'd be more concerned about them being synch'd
please explain
thegoldenboy
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carbs open at same rate... when running duel.
Wolf Child
Just Another Octard
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machines with multiple carbs should be synchronized periodically to make sure that they are pulling air and fuel at the same rate. you do this with a special gauge.
http://motionpro.com/motorcycle/tools/syncpro/?gclid=CPi1t6vK6pECFQKPPAodCCurfg
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Big Kahuna
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uh, that is not going to matter if one carb is say and OEM carb off a 701SJ and the other is a SBN carb bought from Riva........
They are not the same carbs even though they are the same size.
well i'm going to post some pics of them tomorrow. I looked at them a little closer and I believe they are a matched set. There are some numbers ingraved on them at the bottom of the carb. The black carbs, are stock carbs off or something correct? So if they are black they are probably not sbn's.
Big Kahuna
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all carbs when set up for duals are the same, they start out as singles, they do cut off part of the throttle stop. Are the fuel fittings straight or are they curved???
Mark44
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I would be much more concerned about them being matched.
Synching is something that's easily fixed (less than five minutes).
You won't fix mis-matched carbs short of buying a new one.