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38mm Mikunis?


Ådne95

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Hi! Got a good offer on some 38mm mikuni roundslide vacuum carbs from a Yamaha FZR(i think)1000 today.  

~£100 and they come from a bike who has only went about 20k miles :D no need for rebuild yet, right? 

There wouldn't be any problems using those on my '86 1100EF? Except maybe having to modify the intake? :)

Also, what size are the original ones? Haven't got the bike home yet, so can't check... 

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aren't the fzr ones downdraught type?

I was told they would work, but thought I'd check here first :D  I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what a downdraught carb is? What differs from other carbs? Looked normal to me, but I'm only used to twosmokes ;) 

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They are and the spacing at 86 - 92 - 86 is way off!

Sorry - walk away from the dark side :( 

Allright, looks like you two saved me from a lot of headache, thanks!

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Good illustration of differences - ignore that they are Keihin FCR's! _ the angle of the inlet and float bowls is the important thing

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Sorry for bad pic, it was all I could get now. They're 6mm further apart than gsx carbs, so I'll just have to make a intake "manifold" with a slight angle/bend :) 

On the other hand, I came across a set of 34mm mikuni flatslides from a gsxr, would that be a better option?

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Whoops, forgot I made this thread. Got a closer look at a similar set of carbs the other day, these were off a fzr1100 that has only done ~11000km/6600miles. I opened one of the float bowls, looked brand new. Only 6mm different offset on the two inner carbs iirc. In that case, making a new intake for these would still be cheaper than buying another set of carbs.

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I might also be able to get my hands on some 36mm keihin CV's from a yzf600r, would that be better? :) 

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