My '82 Maxim needs jetting work. I've had the carbs off and on 5 or 6 times for cleaning since I got the bike and I'm tired of the hassle. I appreciate that to get the jetting right I'll be pulling the carbs and swapping jets repeatedly.
I've been looking at the airbox and thinking that it is the major issue with pulling the carbs. Am I wrong? The fact that the airbox is also shrouding the right carb inlet due to the battery mounting (thus requiring different sized main jets ) has me thinking of carving up the airbox to leave the battery mounting and rear brake light switch while removing the rest of it and installing pod filters and a crankcase breather filter. The added performance will be a nice bonus. By my rough measurements I should be able to fit Pod filters that are up to 4.25" in length.
My hope is to be able to have the carbs out in under 10 minutes - seat off, gas tank off, drain float bowls, throttle and cold start cables off, loosen clamps on mounting flanges and remove carbs. And back on in the same time. I should be able to get the jets sorted out before the barometric pressure changes too much, I hope...
Does this train of thought make any sense? Have I missed something? Is there a better way? Has anyone done this and have pics available?
Thanks for your input,
Dave
I've been looking at the airbox and thinking that it is the major issue with pulling the carbs. Am I wrong? The fact that the airbox is also shrouding the right carb inlet due to the battery mounting (thus requiring different sized main jets ) has me thinking of carving up the airbox to leave the battery mounting and rear brake light switch while removing the rest of it and installing pod filters and a crankcase breather filter. The added performance will be a nice bonus. By my rough measurements I should be able to fit Pod filters that are up to 4.25" in length.
My hope is to be able to have the carbs out in under 10 minutes - seat off, gas tank off, drain float bowls, throttle and cold start cables off, loosen clamps on mounting flanges and remove carbs. And back on in the same time. I should be able to get the jets sorted out before the barometric pressure changes too much, I hope...
Does this train of thought make any sense? Have I missed something? Is there a better way? Has anyone done this and have pics available?
Thanks for your input,
Dave