datadavid said:Done a bit of kz saving myself now, donated a pair of amals(stock carbs were leaking) to a friends project, all hooked up and time for a trial run!
Bingo! They weren't terrible shape but a lot of small scratches in the chrome. this just makes it uniform and intentional.Supergyro said:Did you brush the chrome to hide imperfections, or were they clean before? It seems like a good tactic to recover some use from old chromed parts.
Except for the basic jetting issues it ran unexpectedly fine, ridiculously good pull at open throttle, but a little uneven at low rpms, feels like i accidentally put the needles at different heights, and throttles are not synced. Does not feel congested with those small 30mm carbs.doc_rot said:Very cool. I have been thinking about swapping for the VM34 carbs that guys run on the XS650. Let me know how it runs with those carbs, interested in the results you get.
Bingo! They weren't terrible shape but a lot of small scratches in the chrome. this just makes it uniform and intentional.
Needles were uneven, reportedly it has lively pull now!datadavid said:Except for the basic jetting issues it ran unexpectedly fine, ridiculously good pull at open throttle, but a little uneven at low rpms, feels like i accidentally put the needles at different heights, and throttles are not synced. Does not feel congested with those small 30mm carbs.
doc_rot said:Because I oversized the engine mount bolts there is very little slop, so loosening the mounts wouldn't do any thing particularly because some of the holes are a good 5-7mm off. I didn't even remove the motor on my kz400 and same thing happened. The mounts are sided but it is very obvious which side is which because the mounts have nuts welded to them. I was thinking about the fatigue cracking as well, the steel is probably pretty forgiving here. I guess I will try modifying what I have instead.
I was thinking about something like this. I have seen some British bikes do this (commandos?) I wonder if it is worth the effort though.irk miller said:Is there room to run dampeners/isolators, either between brackets and frame, or have them through bolt?
Maritime said:There's the reason, on the engine the bolts usually have some open space in the holes that allow the motor to move when they are lose, then when you get everything attached you torque them down to stay in place. did you put never seize etc. on the shafts of the bolts? if not being oversized even a little corrosion will make them a bitch to get out if you need to down the road.