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KZ550 jetting with K&N pods and stock exhaust
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. It's an 82 KZ550, NOT the GPZ550. Thanks.
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You will have to drill the pilots if they need to be changed, but do that last since it is not reversible.
You will also need the adjustable needles which can be found in the rebuild kits.
If you are not good at carbs, be ready to do a lot of trial and error work.
Why do you want to get rid of the airbox? Once you know how to take the carbs off and on it's not too hard to do on a warm day.
There is a link to TK22 info in my signature. You should probably download all of the manuals in my sig, and read the vlve train warning too, before doing too much tinkering.
1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
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Take it from me cuz I found
If you leave it then somebody else is bound,
To find that treasure, that moment of pleasure,
When yours, it could have been.
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1981 KZ550C LTD
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eddiekilowatt wrote: Thanks for your suggestions. The rubber boots on the airbox were so hard it seemed impossible to get the carbs reattached. Prices I saw were $50 for 4 little rubber boots, I figured for half that I may as well put on pods and see if there's greater performance. I'm not going to get rid of the stock airbox until if and when it's running right.
:laugh: :laugh: If that happens be sure to share the secret formula. Also, let us know the total cost of pods, jets, etc. and total the number of hours involved in getting the bike to run well. I'm probably wrong, as usual, but I suspect $50 may seem like a bargain. Ed
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I've gone back and forth a few times between pods and airbox, on several bikes, and the highway rollon is definitely more exciting with pods. But I don't claim it would be faster in a quarter mile, though it feels like it, but the top end only. But who even cares? These bikes are old and if you want to go faster easily, just get a bike a few years younger.
Total cost for disposable pods, which are preferred over Uni's and K&N's, in my opinion, are around $40. Rebuild kits, which are usually necessary anyway, since these bikes are over 30 years old, are about $80 to $100 for four.
1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
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loudhvx wrote: Take note that those saying it's definitely not possible to get more power out of the Kz550 with TK22 carbs also have not owned and rejetted one. They are only quoting journalists working on different bikes for a magazine many years ago, before wideband systems were easily had. Don't take technical advice from a journalist as your only source of information. God help us if we did. They usually can't get people's names spelled correctly, much less any technical information.....
In my case this is true. :blush: Ed
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