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  1. 7 hours ago, TonyGee said:

    tuning CV's can be a pain in the ass, my zed needs a bit more tweaking to get perfect (its Nealy their) but on the GS1000 with a B12 engine i'm going down the standard airbox route,  its so much easier to tune the airbox to the carbs than tune carbs to pod filters.  

    Thats why I just buy RS carbs.

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  2. What clutch plates are you running? The motors with the shim behind that washer came with 11 steels instead of 9 and 10 drive plates instead of 9. The drive plates were thinner,  1.85mm instead of 2.6mm. The clutch pack started and ended with a steel.

  3. I had to go up a size on pilots on the RS36's on my 1170 Kat. Tried to get the bike into local shops to get setup on a dyno, but the few guys that actually knew what a carb was kept giving me the run around. Tried the color tune but its a pain to use. Ended up getting a Koso AF meter and welding a bung into the pipe. At first I was just going to use it stuck into the tailpipe, but this way I can see whats going on while riding.

    There is also a lot of bad info around the web regarding tuning RS carbs, especially syncing and fuel screw settings that really made it hard for me to figure out what I needed to do

  4. What should the compression reading be around?

    Motor has been sitting for a while and will be cold (really cold, about 5 deg C in my garage right now)

    Edit: tracked down a manual and the  rebuild limit is 114 with normal between 142 and 199 PSi (warm motor readings)

    Im getting 130 PSi cold. How much would that go up to if the motor was warm?

  5. I have a slabby motor I want to sell, but I would like to check compression first. Problem is I do not have an oil cooler that fits so there is no oil in the motor. If I plug the cooler takeoff points under the motor and fill with oil, is the oil still going to circulate to where it needs to go while cranking for the compression test? Im assuming there is a bypass.Any suggestions on how to temporarily block the cooler takeoff holes.

  6. Reciepts for parts or work done. Without that Id assume the motor probably needs a rebuild. Seen too many people get caught out by the just been rebuilt lie.

    Looked at a Mini years ago and the owner was adamant the motor was 100% rebuilt. After a lot of questions he finally admitted that he had "checked over the motor" and replaced the tappet cover gasket.

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