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Pompey · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 2311 Location: Marlborough

There is a complete set of mikuni carbs from an sb6r on ebay now... cornwall. I searched under bimota as we all do and it came up starting at 50 quid...
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Pomps
Bimota's Db2, Db5 ,Ducati's 851' 92, 888' 93, Honda blade' 93, Triumph speed triple' 07, kawasaki zxr 750 k1

oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

Cheers Pompey, spotted them as soon as they came on ebay. The seller is being a bit evasive about which model they came from. They are all jetted differently and to put a set of slingshot carbs to SB6r spec would be the best part of £200. Water cooled would be a better bet, but he's listed them for both oil cooled and water cooled. Might have a bid just for spares now I know exactly how much mikuni bits are and how hard they are to get hold of. A lot of mikuni bits are main stealers only Shocked

oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

OK, totally re-jetted carbs to bimota spec and guess what, still runs like a bag of spanners. Will only run with the choke on and then wont run above 4500 rpm and that's with the floats set ridiculously low. That's it for now, not spending any more money on these carbs. I need to find a set from a water cooled 1100 Crying or Very sad

BB1 · Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 52

Id try putting your pilot jets back to 2 turns out first and see if it starts like that.

oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

BB1 · Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 52

Yes The pilot jet air screw. Richen it up.

http://www.factorypro.com/tech_tuning_procedures/tuning_carbtune,CV,high_rpm_engines.html

I'm presuming they're CV carbs.

Pompey · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 2311 Location: Marlborough

I am at work in the states at the moment but have been assured my SB6 will be ready after a make over for the 4th December... so thats the date you need to be done by! We will both post pics by the 6th?
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Pomps
Bimota's Db2, Db5 ,Ducati's 851' 92, 888' 93, Honda blade' 93, Triumph speed triple' 07, kawasaki zxr 750 k1

oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

I was hoping for it to be sortd before then, but i'll try and drag it out Laughing

Sould have the carbs sorted in the next couple of days but, no doubt, I'll have stumbled across another problem by then Wink

Remind me closer to the date Wink

Admin · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:32 am Post subject:

Hi

Probably worth putting a wanted add on http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/ . Hopefully someone on there will have a set of carb from a water cooled one.

All the best

Keith

oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

Good idea Keith, Cool site, It's started me looking for a spondon or martek monster again Laughing

BB1 · Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 52

Just a thought but most dyno placed charge about £250 to set up your carbs. Would that not be a better compromise to shelling out on new (2nd hand) carbs that may or may not work? Then it would be spot on without the guesswork.

Carl

Admin · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

Hi

Probably will be required as well. Down side is that the dyno is not going to do about setting up any problems related to a pressurised airbox.

All the best

Keith