Took the plunge

So from an earlier post I asked about pods. A lot of you don't like them and I understand. But this is a toy for me and I like to play. Besides, I enjoy tuning. Anyway, I slapped them on and MAN, wow. I expected lean but not racing to 4k, haha! So after playing with air and throttle and vacuum she's really close to perfect with an improvement in jumping off the line :laugh:

I still have a little backfiring and coughing. I heard someone say that there is no point in changing the jets on an LTD, which I thought was odd. Thoughts?

Also, since the change she has a much more noticeable intermittent surging.

Thanks in advance guys

Just now was spraying a little carb cleaner over the filters and the engine didn't respond to it until I hit #1 and it surged to 4k and hung there for a little while

Main jet on an ltd is 125. I changed it to 130 from the dynojet kit and it still doesn't seem to be enough, next step is the 136 the kit comes with. I am still having some issues with the bike pulling above 5500rpm but I had the same problem before pods...

Ok, you're not gonna believe this. What fixed my issue was throttle. Weird huh? I had to back down and up a few times and that was where my problem got fixed. Unless you want to believe that the KZ750 LTD has a soul.

She has terrier-like response in every situation. With stock jets :woohoo:

wow that didnt make sense for shit.

I know, right? Now the one thing I failed to mention makes even less sense. The carbs are at least 2 full turns out. go fig

*the bleed screws that is

thats awesome! switching gears, while clutch is pulled in rpms wont drop for me until u put it into the next gear and let out the clutch...i cant fig it out

Soooo many folk (myself included) have the same thing going on! Mine doesn't do it all the time. So by just being logical, I conclude this; It's intermittent. So it's less likely that something is adjusted incorrectly. Also, by putting it in gear stops it. So perhaps something from the carbs or even the throttle cable is sticking....?

I don't want to just leave with guesses, so I did a search here. This is the link to the topic. You should probably start with the 2nd or 3rd posting. I'll read them later when I have more time. Good luck!
www.kzrider.com/forum/forum-search?q=rev...=1&catids=3&limit=20

Hey there Calico,
I also have an 81 kz750 ltd and I'm looking into takingoff the airbox and switching to pods and possibly jetting it for a little more uumff :woohoo:

Would you recommend doing this? I keep hearingit is a nightmare but it has to work with the right tuning

I just want more powwwa :evil:

I'm running stock everything at the moment with a mac 4-1 to be here very very soon.
I wanna let her breath!!!

afotion wrote: Hey there Calico,
I also have an 81 kz750 ltd and I'm looking into takingoff the airbox and switching to pods and possibly jetting it for a little more uumff :woohoo:

Would you recommend doing this? I keep hearingit is a nightmare but it has to work with the right tuning

I just want more powwwa :evil:

I'm running stock everything at the moment with a mac 4-1 to be here very very soon.
I wanna let her breath!!!

Sorry to burst that bubble, but pods aren't going to give you more power. Check the following test done by experts. They spent a lot of dyno time trying to do just that, but they had no real success. You may be especially interested in the last 3 paragraphs if you have CV carbs. Ed

kzrider.com/forum/3-carburetor/585949-po...-a-free-lunch#585949