carbs stumble on launch

Hey there, been messing with my 83 kz440ltd carbs for weeks, new diaphrams,stock jets, float setting is correct, new float valves, carb mounts, ect. idles great and pulls good over 1600rpm,but still can't get it to pull away from a stop smoothly. any suggesttions or recomendations would be great. thanks

dwyer wrote: Hey there, been messing with my 83 kz440ltd carbs for weeks, new diaphrams,stock jets, float setting is correct, new float valves, carb mounts, ect. idles great and pulls good over 1600rpm,but still can't get it to pull away from a stop smoothly. any suggesttions or recomendations would be great. thanks

Hello, dwyer, and WELCOME to KZrider forums.

If running pods instead of the stock air box, it's more difficult to tune the carbs for acceptable performance throughout their full range from closed to WOT.

A strong smooth pull-away depends on well-functioning carb pilot circuits.

The pilot circuits may need cleaning, and possibly also need new and/or perhaps larger pilot jets.

Good Fortune!

What are you using for air filtration? Ed

Thanx for the help running stock air box withe new filter, will look at pilot jets and ports again. Soaked carbs in vood clean "dip" before rebuilding but could still have som goo lol

Have you used the Mixture screws to tune the slow speed/ Idle circuit? Turning these out another 1/4 turn each may help depending on where they are set at now and the engine demand.