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Post by richdee on Mar 16, 2011 19:45:25 GMT -5
Just thought I would put this out there. I have bought a half of dozen parts,most recently a couple of intake manifolds,one two piece 17 degree turnout and a one piece eighteen degree turnout from a guy that goes by Joe-Wiseguy .Not only is the workmanship very nice but when you spend a hundred dollars with the guy he responds like you bought out his whole inventory. It is a pleasure to do business with someone like this..
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Post by weaselbeak on Apr 17, 2011 22:37:15 GMT -5
I am currently working on making a 2 into 1 intake for my project. If I don't get it to work decent, I'll be talking to Joe. His stuff looks real nice. He's on e-bay with several styles, but none that dead center the single carb straight behind the cylinders like I'm trying to do.
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Post by 5twins on Apr 18, 2011 8:24:48 GMT -5
That's because there's a frame tube in the way. If there wasn't, I'm sure single carb conversions for this bike would be pretty popular.
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Post by Chuckwagon on Apr 18, 2011 9:08:44 GMT -5
Educate me... why are the single carb conversions desirable? The obvious reasons would be one less carb to rebuild/tune and no synchronizing. What are the other benefits?
The a reference point that comes to mind are the original triumph tiger and bonneville. Essentially the same engine; tiger had a single carb... bonneville had two. The bonneville was considered the top street performance model, while a lot of the tigers were used as desert racers... was the advantage all about simplicity in a desert race where you wanted to be able to fix or get your bike running in the middle of nowhere?
My stock Yamaha SRX250 street bike went the opposite direction... one cylinder; two carbs... YDIS = Yam. dual intake system.
Joe does seem like a helpful and conscientious guy. I didn't end up buying any parts (decided to build my own), but he took the time to answer questions, regardless.
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Post by fizzer64 on Nov 29, 2015 12:51:07 GMT -5
What is the advantage of 1 carb set up
Can I run one 35mm carb and get equal or greater performance than that of running 2 carbs ?
PS. I absolutely love the look of one carb so it's not going to be hard to persuade me towards one carb. I just want to know that I'm not going to loose any performance by running one.
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Post by garbln on Nov 29, 2015 14:20:00 GMT -5
The diff. Between the Tiger and the Bonnie was 2-3 hp on the top end, low and mid was almost the same.
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Post by grizld1 on Nov 29, 2015 21:30:12 GMT -5
The major consideration for the XS650 is that due to the backbone of the stock frame, it's not possible to mount a single carb with manifold runners with equal length, appropriate length, or wide radius bends. Bottom line: due to overlength, uneven runners and close radius bends that impede flow, you're going to lose a lot more performance with a 1-carb XS650 than British single carb twins gave up, and the issues will involve more than peak power. Some guys aren't concerned about intake runners that are so long that fuel condenses out in them or about a carburetor that hangs out in the breeze, and some of them will deny that there are problems.
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Post by garbln on Dec 1, 2015 13:12:50 GMT -5
I have often thought that with the willingness some of the people here have for cutting and welding the frames on our 650's.
Why hasn't any one cut out the section of frame that blocks the single carb, and welded in a chunk of maybe 4" to 6" pipe to allow the carb to pass thru? This was done on some brit bikes in the 60's so I know it could be done. Anyone up for trying it?
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