Whats your favorite carbs?

TK22's are my favorite also. They are the simplest carbs I've seen for 550 displacement motors. Just a main circuit and pilot circuit with air screws. No funky plungers or intermediate jets or diaphragms or pistons or air jets. They are also very well made. The only time I've seen them damaged was by mechanic error. The castings and threads wear very well.

The best part is they are super cheap and plentiful on ebay along with comprehensive rebuild kits, and dynojet kits, because Kawasaki used them on so many KZ500/550 models with the only real changes being the main jet size.

The only weak point is the choke system which is just a mechanical plate with a flap. But all of that can be modified easily if necessary. So far I've been lucky, on the dozen or so sets I've worked with they all worked properly.

loudhvx wrote:

TK22's are my favorite also. They are the simplest carbs I've seen for 550 displacement motors. Just a main circuit and pilot circuit with air screws. No funky plungers or intermediate jets or diaphragms or pistons or air jets. They are also very well made. The only time I've seen them damaged was by mechanic error. The castings and threads wear very well.

The best part is they are super cheap and plentiful on ebay along with comprehensive rebuild kits, and dynojet kits, because Kawasaki used them on so many KZ500/550 models with the only real changes being the main jet size.

The only weak point is the choke system which is just a mechanical plate with a flap. But all of that can be modified easily if necessary. So far I've been lucky, on the dozen or so sets I've worked with they all worked properly.

Maybe we can start a thread sometime and you can let us know how to modify the choke plates, if needed?

Robert

I'd second that.
My 500 carbs are about to be dis assembled.

GPz550D1 wrote:

Maybe we can start a thread sometime and you can let us know how to modify the choke plates, if needed?

Robert

Somewhere on KZrider there are a couple threads around on the subject. I forgot who did it, but they were playing with different ideas. If I can find it, I'll bump it in the forum. I've only made a mod for the fast-idle setting... very simple:

www.geocities.com/loudgpz/GPZchokeScrewMod.html

Mstbone67a made new flaps in this thread

TCbradbury98 was experimenting with solid plates and using the choke lever to let air in as the starter was cranking. That simulates the old-fashioned choking method of just putting your hand over the intake and removing it while cranking. It's very effective once you get the feel down and practice. But I don't know if he posted a follow up. If I get a chance I may try that on one of my bikes just to see how feasible it is.

loudhvx wrote:

Mstbone67a made new flaps in this thread

TCbradbury98 was experimenting with solid plates and using the choke lever to let air in as the starter was cranking. That simulates the old-fashioned choking method of just putting your hand over the intake and removing it while cranking. It's very effective once you get the feel down and practice. But I don't know if he posted a follow up. If I get a chance I may try that on one of my bikes just to see how feasible it is.

Thank you!

I'm pretty happy with my BS34s! The bodies are from a KZ1100, but I have the cutout slides with the stubby needles and lighter springs from a GPz750 set.

I'll have to go with Nate and say fuel injection. Those carbs you guys picture are perty looking, but I hate all carbs, particularly those CV piece of crap where the diaphrams go bad at $200 each. No more carbs for me thankfully, I've got my 8 carb equiped motorcycles and I hate them all (carbs that is). :laugh:

PLUMMEN wrote:

ones that work are always my favorite!:laugh:

to f'in true

RonKZ650 wrote:

I'll have to go with Nate and say fuel injection. Those carbs you guys picture are perty looking, but I hate all carbs, particularly those CV piece of crap where the diaphrams go bad at $200 each. No more carbs for me thankfully, I've got my 8 carb equiped motorcycles and I hate them all (carbs that is). :laugh:

You're on a low-carb diet too, I take it? :laugh:

I love my smoothbores.
Mark

Flatslides, Mikuni TMR

Mmmm, mmmm, good.....and better for you than Campbell's soup, too.:laugh: :laugh:
Now THOSE are good workin' and good lookin' carbs....
and that rack is worth a king's ransom, too.:ohmy: :ohmy: :laugh:
Now, I just need a bike to put 'em on.....:side: :silly: :woohoo: