Endeavor to Perserver - HooRay for Me! Got a Carb Rack to Work!

Finally.. after 16 months of learning, trying, failing.. 

Got a carb rack to work wonderfully!

All 6 idle air adjustments impact rpm!

All 3 bodies sycn'd as they should.

Exhaust pulses from each muffler are nice, even, and smooth.

A tad bit of choke and instant fire.

Reduce choke, nice eve idle.

Now I know how smooth a kz1300 can really be - approaching a CBX..
but not the same wonderfullness of a CBX though. 

Seems to me Kawasaki gave the linkage engineering to a new graduate..

..and they just missed the mark.

Why are all the adjustments at 'end of travel' and not in 'center' of travel?
(Fast idle, Sync Rods)

I've adjusted CBX carbs, all 6 discrete.. 
Much easier than the KZ set up.

Anyway, HooRay for me, I have a good set to use as baseline.
Now I can try to duplicate on the other racks.

Will post a running video later--

Thanks to Scotch and KB for 'endearing to persevere' with me.

I've captured EVERY post I from here I can to learn..
(and from their perspective 'been there done that, answered that, here comes another batch of f'n questions)

Today it paid off.

So F'n happy!

d

  



 

Well.........It's about fuck'n Time !    Good on ya !    
 Who's happier ?   

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Probably you, Sir Scotch!


Can I ask just 12 more questions you have already answered over the last ten years?



d

Yes. Good on you for persevering .
You could convert your bike to fuel injection. And go on another journey.

tackelhappy wrote:

Yes. Good on you for persevering .
You could convert your bike to fuel injection. And go on another journey.
 

Oh Goodness.
No.
I have 3 1300's and when all 3 work well I'll stop this carb learning quest and move on to other bikes needing attention.
I'm just a bike whore - 
and learning that one project at a time is all I can do..

Thanks for the vote of confidence - 

I rode the 81 1 mile up the dirt road, b4 the dirt gets too soft and she is rockin'!
I'll have more info to contribute soon but the next 6 days are busy.

d