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I got to ride it for the first time ever after months of work, a couple questions:
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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 131691" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>ok .... on the carb issue ...i dont have much experience with the vw single barrel carbs ...but did mount intake and carb few weeks back on 1100 ...didnt mess with it long but seemed to run ok ... and has been adjusted some since ....</p><p></p><p>your bike like mine is 1200 with large port heads ...so there is a lot of similarity between the two bikes .... these car carbs are basicly made for larger cubic inch motors ..and the idle circuit is made to fit that ...the outcome is these idle circuits useally to big for oldwings ...they tend to supply much more gas than air to the idle process......on these modded 1200s like yours and mine ...they seem to need more air ....you can try going way down on idle first and im sure you need to.......i certainly did ... but it wasnt enough ..it still starved for air at idle and blacken plugs ...also just off idle the jetting has to go the other way ...as the oldwing is a high revving motor and really needs the gas ...on mine i had to get air to the motor at idle ...that didnt involve bringing in more gas with it ....i did this by drill the throttle plate away from all gas opening in idle circuit .... so now it gets more fresh air with throttle plate close......right now the idle jet on hooch is 45 jet ...and 9/64" hole drilled into throttle plate and i am getting good burn ...i am going to try a 40 jet one day as it seems i could go there .... stock honda carbs use 35.....</p><p></p><p>it seems i have heard there is a hole in throttle plate of these VW single barrel carbs ...on your bike as mine witch are not stock this night be where you can get it to lean out at idle ....im not good at explaining hope you get something out of it .....i will also say it seems oldwings with stock set ups seem to work at idle better than these 1200 nodded big port head motors so dont compare ...i did with dan and it wasnt long before we relised there was way to much difference to do same moves and was great schooling for us </p><p></p><p> :heat: :mrgreen:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 131691, member: 98"] ok .... on the carb issue ...i dont have much experience with the vw single barrel carbs ...but did mount intake and carb few weeks back on 1100 ...didnt mess with it long but seemed to run ok ... and has been adjusted some since .... your bike like mine is 1200 with large port heads ...so there is a lot of similarity between the two bikes .... these car carbs are basicly made for larger cubic inch motors ..and the idle circuit is made to fit that ...the outcome is these idle circuits useally to big for oldwings ...they tend to supply much more gas than air to the idle process......on these modded 1200s like yours and mine ...they seem to need more air ....you can try going way down on idle first and im sure you need to.......i certainly did ... but it wasnt enough ..it still starved for air at idle and blacken plugs ...also just off idle the jetting has to go the other way ...as the oldwing is a high revving motor and really needs the gas ...on mine i had to get air to the motor at idle ...that didnt involve bringing in more gas with it ....i did this by drill the throttle plate away from all gas opening in idle circuit .... so now it gets more fresh air with throttle plate close......right now the idle jet on hooch is 45 jet ...and 9/64" hole drilled into throttle plate and i am getting good burn ...i am going to try a 40 jet one day as it seems i could go there .... stock honda carbs use 35..... it seems i have heard there is a hole in throttle plate of these VW single barrel carbs ...on your bike as mine witch are not stock this night be where you can get it to lean out at idle ....im not good at explaining hope you get something out of it .....i will also say it seems oldwings with stock set ups seem to work at idle better than these 1200 nodded big port head motors so dont compare ...i did with dan and it wasnt long before we relised there was way to much difference to do same moves and was great schooling for us :heat: :mrgreen: [/QUOTE]
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I got to ride it for the first time ever after months of work, a couple questions:
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