• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

what jets with pods and vance & hines?

  • Thread starter Thread starter hoehn.marcus
  • Start date Start date
H

hoehn.marcus

Guest
Just got my first bike, it is a 1980 GS850. It had been laid over and I wasn't running. I picked it up for $400 and got it running that night. Now, when I say I got it running, I mean that it started and idled for a little bit. I am just playing around with and and trying to get it up and running smoothly. I have driven it around a little and it idles fine, but when you lay on the throttle there is not a strong response and it wants to fall on its face. A friend suggested that since I have pod filters and a vance and hines megaphone exhaust, I should go to bigger jets. i have 115 in there now....

I also have a question regarding fuel hookups...I will post the picture to spell it out, but I have a hookup that I don't know where it gets connected.


It's definitely been a fun little project and I'm only a week in!
 
The mystery line is an overflow, should your fuel sending unit seal ever leak. Route it down away from the engine and off to the left side of bike opposite exhaust. Tie it to the bottom frame rail away from tire too. Avoid fires and slippery rubber. Also go to quick links above and pick edit signature from the drop down menu and enter your bike, year and model so we can see what bike you have. And your location can be added in your profile so other local site members know where you are for rides, help and whatnot.
 
Last edited:
The recommended procedure is to get the bike running correctly with the stock airbox and exhaust, but since that ship has sailed...

With CV carbs, the consensus is to install a DynoJet kit with pods and pipe. It's not just the jet size but the needle taper that counts as well, and the stock needle is never going to match the non-stock intake and exhaust. Also, to make sure you're using quality pods (i.e., K&N or APE, not Emgo pods).

hoehn.marcus said:
Just got my first bike, it is a 1980 GS850. It had been laid over and I wasn't running. I picked it up for $400 and got it running that night. Now, when I say I got it running, I mean that it started and idled for a little bit. I am just playing around with and and trying to get it up and running smoothly. I have driven it around a little and it idles fine, but when you lay on the throttle there is not a strong response and it wants to fall on its face. A friend suggested that since I have pod filters and a vance and hines megaphone exhaust, I should go to bigger jets. i have 115 in there now....

I also have a question regarding fuel hookups...I will post the picture to spell it out, but I have a hookup that I don't know where it gets connected.


It's definitely been a fun little project and I'm only a week in!
Click to expand...
 
Well, I still have the stock airbox... Would it be a good thing to put that back on and see if I can get it running more smoothly?
 
They usually run as smoothly as can be with the stock air box, if everything else is working as it should.

With the pipe only, it won't take much tuning, maybe just a bigger main jet, maybe raise the needle a tad.
 
If I put the original box on for now, will it be running rich enough so that it won't be running too hot?

I want to get it running well enough to use it for my 6 mile commute to work as soon as I can. Then when I get more money together I can get a jet kit and put the pods back on... ?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top