1982 KZ1100 A-2 (warning image heavy)

So aggravated, I bought some "New" OEM float valves off ebay.
When they arrived I opened them up and noticed a green ring around the inside of the clear plastic valve holders they come in.
Upon closer inspection, There were obvious tool marks where someone took them out with a pair of pliers, and the o'rings were old and hard.
Great $80 for 4 junk float valves that were in worse shape than the ones in the carbs.
Oh well, I ordered some of those neat viton tipped floats needles and seats from MikesXS.
Does anyone use these? How are they?
Looks like they might function better than stock??
If I don't hear back from the seller soon, I will begin steps to get my money back.
Looks like someone switched them out and returned them.

Rejetting the Carbs, the joys of tuning for pods and 4 into 1 exhaust :evil:
Turns out it had the wrong type of pilots in there, all sorted now.
Seems to be running not as lean, but still seem to be having difficulty getting the pilot mixture screws to have much effect on idle speed.
Still need to check the valve clearances, and address the cam end plugs.
While i'm there going to delete the reed valves and other vacuum equip with some nifty billet APE block offs.

Always wrenching lol, while I wait on parts deliveries, there are a few things that need to be done.
Temporary deletion of the air injection system, until my block offs get here.



I left the reed valves in for now.

Out with the old and in with the new.


Got a few new bolts in stainless.


Not the worst gasket I ever scraped off but still a pain in the ass, especially all that crap on the head.

Temp layout till my shims arrive, also took the carbs off and going to shim the needles a bit.
Almost done tuning I think it is getting close.


Got a little to hot while it was running lean, oh well got a bit of the color left might take now that it is getting more fuel.

Got the carbs off and apart again to shim the needles a bit, prob have to come down a size on the pilot jet as well but we will see where it is after the shims.




I thought I ordered the correct size shims but they were a bit tight to fit the needle, so a little time with the needle file it is.

Old broken tach I took apart to get a feel for gauge assembly.


In case you were wondering I did manage to get the face off without removing the needle.

Seems pretty easy guess I got lucky. Now time for the fun bits.




And a few shots on the front tire progress.

Not much done on the gauge front, been so long since I've used these programs it is slowly coming back.

:ohmy: Not sure if these will help, but here you go:

Zen Shenron wrote: Got the carbs off and apart again to shim the needles a bit, prob have to come down a size on the pilot jet as well but we will see where it is after the shims.

I thought I ordered the correct size shims but they were a bit tight to fit the needle, so a little time with the needle file it is.

I spent a tedious half-hour at my local hardware store picking through a tray of stainless washers (metric I think), with a micrometer checking thicknesses for a dozen that measured .50 mm. They all fit over the needle shaft without issue.

You will likely find measurable variations of the thickness of those you have as well.

Nice build. Will keep an eye on it!
Take care!
Ed