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Carb not running right. Missing kerker baffle?
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Straight pipe + pods = runs terrible.Britome wrote: I'm rebuilding a 1979 sr650. I've taken the carbs apart and cleaned them. Also did a carb synch and everything looks good. The bike fires up easily with only 10k miles. However it hesitates a bit on the road with no power. My kerker has no baffle at all but sounds bad ass. Could that be the problem?
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Use a steel tube (about 1' diameter) that is "swiss cheese" drilled with holes from end to end. Weld a block wall in the tube 1/2 way down the length. Weld round plates on each end so that when it is inserted in the pipe, it seals at each end. The exhaust is forced to go inside the front section of the tube then expands out into the pipe chamber and goes back in the second section of the tube to get out. Mine worked great, was a bit loud for my taste but was all steel so never needed any packing or service.
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Obviously not. What drill would that be? Where do I get them?650ed wrote: I see you have pods. Have you gone through the rejetting drill? Ed
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See www.kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/59374...-stay-running#633806 for details.
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But the performance with pods will likely never be quite as good as the stock air box throughout the entire carb range.
That's one of the downside issues with pods. Possible to tune for good carb performance at idle OR mid-range OR wot, but not all simultaneously as well as when using the stock air box.
Where the stock air box isn't an option, carb tuning with pods may be even more difficult with CV carbs than with manual slide carbs.
And beside carb tuning difficulties, there are several other downsides to using pods.
Admittedly, some folks like the look of pods. But others find stacks even more attractive.
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