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Carb jetting on a 74 Z1
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z-1 carbs.....28 mm....posting link.....keith
www.z1enterprises.com/reference/z1-carb-guide.aspx
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Thanks for the tips for jetting, gane. That gives me a good starting point, rather than buying a crapload of jets to screw around with ...and probably failing miserably.
My next question is, then, would it be worth the money to invest in a set of VM29's despite the fact that I haven't increased my bike's displacement? I hear all these wonderful things about the 29's in bikes with 1015 or 1075 kits or whatever, and I hear a lot of horror stories about properly tuning the carbs that I have. :dry:
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Thanks, guys - so now I know that they are in fact the carbs that came with the bike originally. I'm still curious as to why the jets are the way they are. But I guess it doesn't matter.
Thanks for the tips for jetting, gane. That gives me a good starting point, rather than buying a crapload of jets to screw around with ...and probably failing miserably.
My next question is, then, would it be worth the money to invest in a set of VM29's despite the fact that I haven't increased my bike's displacement? I hear all these wonderful things about the 29's in bikes with 1015 or 1075 kits or whatever, and I hear a lot of horror stories about properly tuning the carbs that I have. :dry:
if it were me , i d clean em up good inside and go with ganes advice with the exception of the pilot jet.....stock is 17.5....i would go with a #20.....just my .02......29 s are a lot of cash......good luck.......keith
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I agree, though, about working out my current carbs. I would just love to avoid a painful time of tuning them. I was even looking for a Dynojet kit for this bike, and apparently they don't even make them, at least as far as I could see.
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1979 LTD Street Fighter.1977 KZ1000
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