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Pods restricted with Vinyl Tape!!???
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28 Mar 2010 07:41 #356687
by baddleespelt
1981 KZ1000J
1981 KZ550A2
2009 Gary Fisher Advance 2.0
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Took my recently purchased KZ1000J1 to a local bikeshop, just to feel out the vibe and evaluate whether I'd ever get any work done there.
Owner was quite excited by my bike, asked if the pods and Kerker made her lean at all, and asked to spin her round the block. When he returned, he suggested I fatten her up by taping off 1/3 to 1/2 of my filter space with electrial tape. This struck me as a little crazy, but, there's plenty I dunno.
This bike seems to lag a bit at 2000 rpm in 2nd gear, and has occasionally stumbled a bit in 3rd gear around 5700rpm.... I sorta figured a good tune-up might help that.
Any opinions?
Owner was quite excited by my bike, asked if the pods and Kerker made her lean at all, and asked to spin her round the block. When he returned, he suggested I fatten her up by taping off 1/3 to 1/2 of my filter space with electrial tape. This struck me as a little crazy, but, there's plenty I dunno.
This bike seems to lag a bit at 2000 rpm in 2nd gear, and has occasionally stumbled a bit in 3rd gear around 5700rpm.... I sorta figured a good tune-up might help that.
Any opinions?
1981 KZ1000J
1981 KZ550A2
2009 Gary Fisher Advance 2.0
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28 Mar 2010 07:49 #356688
by baddleespelt
1981 KZ1000J
1981 KZ550A2
2009 Gary Fisher Advance 2.0
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Also, it was raining on the highway when I experienced the third gear stumble.
How bad would it be to re install stock airbox without going back to stock exhaust?
How bad would it be to re install stock airbox without going back to stock exhaust?
1981 KZ1000J
1981 KZ550A2
2009 Gary Fisher Advance 2.0
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28 Mar 2010 09:03 #356705
by Kawickrice
73 Kawasaki Z1
07 HD CVO Ultra Classic
82 Suzuki GS 1100
74 Yamaha RD 350 (My two stroke toy)
77 Kawasaki KZ 650B-1 (My putt around bike)
80 Indian Moped (My American Iron)
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74 GT 380
79 RD 400 Daytona Special
72 Honda CL 175
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Replied by Kawickrice on topic Pods restricted with Vinyl Tape!!???
Sounds like you need to get your jetting right. Tape on the pods is a jackleg way of accomplishing this. There are numerous threads on jetting your bike correctly.
Running pods in the rain will cause a bog for sure. The outer pods get wet then you can loose two cylinders. In a light rain you can tell when they get wet but usually clear up. A gullywasher of a rain will for sure have you running on the two middle cylinders and the motor runs like crap untill they dry out
Running pods in the rain will cause a bog for sure. The outer pods get wet then you can loose two cylinders. In a light rain you can tell when they get wet but usually clear up. A gullywasher of a rain will for sure have you running on the two middle cylinders and the motor runs like crap untill they dry out
73 Kawasaki Z1
07 HD CVO Ultra Classic
82 Suzuki GS 1100
74 Yamaha RD 350 (My two stroke toy)
77 Kawasaki KZ 650B-1 (My putt around bike)
80 Indian Moped (My American Iron)
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Long Gone
75 Suzuki GT550
74 GT 380
79 RD 400 Daytona Special
72 Honda CL 175
74 Honda QA 50
Tampa FL
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28 Mar 2010 10:37 - 31 Mar 2010 14:04 #356723
by Becker
78 KZ750B3
79 KZ400 LTD
78 KZ650C2
79 KZ650C3
78 KZ650B2A
80 KZ650F1
80 KZ650E1
81 CB750K Super Sport
Replied by Becker on topic Pods restricted with Vinyl Tape!!???
There's conflicting opinions about using the stock airbox with any kind of mod's. From what I've gathered about the threads I've read using the stock airbox with a hi flow filter is almost as good as pods for racing. For street use, its easier to jet your bike with the stock airbox and they perform as well or better on the street. That being said, I'm still putting pods on my project bike. I don't mind jetting. On all of my other bikes I just use a k&n or the stock box and filter..
78 KZ750B3
79 KZ400 LTD
78 KZ650C2
79 KZ650C3
78 KZ650B2A
80 KZ650F1
80 KZ650E1
81 CB750K Super Sport
Last edit: 31 Mar 2010 14:04 by Becker. Reason: misspelling, clarification.
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