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Z1 air box on 78 kz1000
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Will they be issues with the side covers? What would be the jetting on the stock 26`s ?
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I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.
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As noted by hardrockminer, would fashion a support underneath the Z1 air box.
Will they be issues with the side covers? -- NO
What would be the jetting on the stock 26`s ? -- same as with the stock air box. FSM says 105 main, 15 pilot
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lash wrote: Is the airbox 1 pc or plastic and rubber? Are the tubes that are on the box connect to the carbs/
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www.z1enterprises.com/airbox-z1.html
www.z1enterprises.com/airbox-lid-z1.html
Stock Z1 has a clamp on each connection where the air box attaches to the carb.
www.z1enterprises.com/airbox-clamp-kawas...-kz90044-kz1000.html
Z1E also list several other less expensive clamps that might do in a pinch, but which might be thinner and therefore less desirable due to causing more wear on the hoses.
www.z1enterprises.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=air+box+clamps
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lash wrote: . . . wanted to make it easier to remove my carbs for servicing. . . .
Any air box hoses can be a pain to deal with when removing the carbs and again when replacing the carbs.
Once properly cleaned on the bench (including fuel level adjustment if needed) and installed with a good new aftermarket inline fuel filter and a new stock air cleaner, it should be a long time before needing to again remove the carbs.
There are specific carb cleaning techniques available here on-site to help assure being "properly" cleaned the first time and thereby avoid having to do it all over again. And most of the time it's not necessary to separate the carbs from the rack.
Do the carbs at hand have a side-located pilot air adjustment screw or a bottom-located pilot mixture screw?
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Patton wrote: ................. installed with a good new aftermarket inline fuel filter and a new stock air cleaner, it should be a long time before needing to again remove the carbs...........
Absolutely true! I've owned my 1977 KZ650 since new (a bit more than 41 years). I had to remove the carbs once to clean them after letting them sit with fuel in them for a year (my fault), and I had to remove them the second time, 13 years ago, to replace the carb holders. That's only 2 times in 41 years and more than 61,000 miles. Ed
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Because it's a '78 I suspect the carbs have pilot screws, not fuel/air screws. I think in late '78 KHI switched to 28 mm pumpers. My B4 has pumpers but I replaced them with a set of VM 26SS carbs with fuel/air screws.
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That's what I'm using, but it could be all BS.
If you don't run it for 6 months (or sometimes even 3) or more, drain the tank and carbs. That's the only way to be sure.
More advice: Only use Super gas (93 octane), it has less ethanol than regular. It also might help fueling up at big-name gas stationions who advertise Top-Tier fuel. Stations that don't may be putting god-knows-what in the mixture, with no restrictions.
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