Recent content by domc

Awesome...thanks for the reply. I'm at work, but hopefully tonight I can get some more answers!

I am using the Emgo pods. Is there anything I can do with those besides toss them? I believe the jets are stock, but the shop had drilled them out. I'll check that with him and keep you posted.

Hello all... First off, I'd like to say thanks for any input I receive...and I do mean ANY! I bought my bike about eight months ago with plans of getting it running and doing a café/brat build. So far, I've accomplished about 95% of it, and I can't wait for the day I can really get out there...

Good to know, thanks! I ordered the master kits from speed and sport and I'll be overhauling the BS34's, hopefully it all works out...

So I was ready to jet my carbs to match the pod filters and high flow exhaust, then I found out that my stock BS34's were essentially scrap. Needle hangers are missing, needles are in bad shape, bowl gaskets are torn and pieces missing, etc. I wanted to get some master rebuild kits and get...

Apparently that's getting them cleaned, re-jetted, synced, and dialed in back on the bike. I paid $300 almost 5 years ago to have the carbs on an old CBR I had just to have them cleaned and synced. This is why my daily is fuel injected...

So I have a 79 XS400 that I have Emgo pods on the stock BS34's and high flow mufflers. Come to find out that the carbs are swamp things as the bike hadn't been on the road since 1993. I am finding that it might be more cost effective to pick up a set of VM30's or VM34's instead of completely...