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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 152208" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>hmmmm well on my bike witch is 1000 framed and 1200 powered ..the tool tray is history ...i do like the dft and dont know much about the one barrels ... ihave set up a solex once it seemed to do great for me but had no time in riding it....all car carbs used mostly are some form of epa engineered junk tech ... that makes working with them sort of hard ......that said when it comes to carbs stock or car carbs there both just a form of epa retarded engeneering ...so there is a proccess of modding sanity back into retarded engineering epa carbs...it has been a long proccess for me i dont settle for almost ... id say at the moment we hwere at clasic are just about further than others in setting up single carbs ..one barrel or 2 ....do i think there more to gain yes ... do i think stock carbs are as good as dft or solex no ...they are built for this motor and have never really been all that ever ...just a complete epa nightmare of many interdependent parts that add up to no low end operation to rather slow to sick operation on top end rpm ..so plug and play on singles no ..some push they are or satisfied how they work now ... stock set up not hard to beat really ....personally i like the 2 stage set up in carburation as it brings 2 carbs to the table and at different % of throttle applied....if i were you and with this forum here to bounce results on id say go for it ... it beats stock ..im determin to get 100% out of my set ups</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 152208, member: 98"] hmmmm well on my bike witch is 1000 framed and 1200 powered ..the tool tray is history ...i do like the dft and dont know much about the one barrels ... ihave set up a solex once it seemed to do great for me but had no time in riding it....all car carbs used mostly are some form of epa engineered junk tech ... that makes working with them sort of hard ......that said when it comes to carbs stock or car carbs there both just a form of epa retarded engeneering ...so there is a proccess of modding sanity back into retarded engineering epa carbs...it has been a long proccess for me i dont settle for almost ... id say at the moment we hwere at clasic are just about further than others in setting up single carbs ..one barrel or 2 ....do i think there more to gain yes ... do i think stock carbs are as good as dft or solex no ...they are built for this motor and have never really been all that ever ...just a complete epa nightmare of many interdependent parts that add up to no low end operation to rather slow to sick operation on top end rpm ..so plug and play on singles no ..some push they are or satisfied how they work now ... stock set up not hard to beat really ....personally i like the 2 stage set up in carburation as it brings 2 carbs to the table and at different % of throttle applied....if i were you and with this forum here to bounce results on id say go for it ... it beats stock ..im determin to get 100% out of my set ups [/QUOTE]
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