Going to 2 carbs on my 550L

[Guest]

Anyone done this? Im going to make a manifold to bring the 4 down to 2, but I have no idea where to start, jet wise. I will probably get 2 new vm carbs, and use pod filters. what size innards would I look for to supply the same amount of gas? I realize it will take alot of trial and error, just looking for a good starting point.

[tkent02]

what size innards would I look for to supply the same amount of gas?

You will actually need a lot less gas, because it will be flowing a lot less air.

[tom203]

"...Im going to make a manifold to bring the 4 down to 2, but I have no idea where to start"

Don't start, fix your carbs (or pay a member on here to do it) - you'll learn more this way then jury rigging a different setup with inferior performance.

[hjfisk]

You will actually need a lot less gas, because it will be flowing a lot less air.

And less gas and less air mean less power. A engine is nothing more than a pump the more you put in the more you get out of it.

[zgmike]

I dont like cv carbs, i want some vm carbs. So from what I gather then, 2 carbs with the much maligned free flowing pod filters and no restrictive airbox, it should be a wash.

[Nessism]

Is this for some sort of minimalist bobber project? Running open pipes?

[Griffin]

To answer your question, no, nobody's done this. For a reason.

You don't like CV carbs (although they work perfectly fine), you like VMs, so you're going spend tons of hours to invent and reengineer the entire fuel delivery system for your bike? And it's a 550L (why is it always a 550, 650, or 750 L?), so you're not doing it to increase performance to make it into a roadacer or dragbike.

Sound like a good idea to me. Let us know how it works out for you.

[zgmike]

they dont work perfectly, nothing does, so you have nothing to offer except genreralizations. Im doing it because in the future it will be a more simple setup. What do you have against me spending time? It isnt your time or energy. I tell ya, i read this forum alot and i think an ideas merit can be gauged by how much resistance the old fogeys on here put up. You get so personal, like you effing invented the thing. NEWSFLASH - This just in - The ONE TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH, did NOT engineer the Suzuki GS!!!!! You Old Farts should remember what your mamas taught you about not saying anything at all.

[zgmike]

Is this for some sort of minimalist bobber project? Running open pipes? Yes, kind of. Im moving the battery and electronics, cut the pipes, and they are currently b affled, but that could be changed if it would help the 2 carb system.

[JJ]

Sound like a good idea to me. Let us know how it works out for you.

We both know it won't work. It is another parts bike in the making.

[Griffin]

We both know it won't work. It is another parts bike in the making.

Precisely, and he got all butt-hurt because not only is his idea not being validated, it's being rejected.

[hillsy]

they dont work perfectly, nothing does, so you have nothing to offer except genreralizations. Im doing it because in the future it will be a more simple setup. What do you have against me spending time? It isnt your time or energy. I tell ya, i read this forum alot and i think an ideas merit can be gauged by how much resistance the old fogeys on here put up. You get so personal, like you effing invented the thing. NEWSFLASH - This just in - The ONE TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH, did NOT engineer the Suzuki GS!!!!! You Old Farts should remember what your mamas taught you about not saying anything at all.

Try not to get any more butt hurt here but you are NOT smarter than the guys at Suzuki who engineered an air box and 4 CV carbs to work the best on your bike.

Sorry, but it's the truth.

[JJ]

Is this for some sort of minimalist bobber project? Running open pipes? Yes, kind of. Im moving the battery and electronics, cut the pipes, and they are currently b affled, but that could be changed if it would help the 2 carb system.

Perhaps not a parts bike. Sounding more and more like it's headed for the scrap heap. Nobody will buy it after he finishes junking it.

[Griffin]

Perhaps not a parts bike. Sounding more and more like it's headed for the scrap heap. Nobody will buy it after he finishes junking it.

Unfortunately, with the "Chopper" reality shows of the '00s, and now the "Café" reality shows of the '10s, the destroyed, non-running hulks of GSes, KZs, XJs, and CBs have become far too prevalent on Craigslist.

Around here, there are some weeks where more "modded custom project bikes" (i.e. F***ed over UJMs) are listed for sale than stock or mostly stock bikes, running or otherwise. The "modded custom" is rarely finished, almost never runs, and usually lacks the proper lighting and brakes to be safe to ride, or even street legal.

It's a damned shame, too.

[Wingsconsin]

Right on !

Unfortunately, with the "Chopper" reality shows of the '00s, and now the "Café" reality shows of the '10s, the destroyed, non-running hulks of GSes, KZs, XJs, and CBs have become far too prevalent on Craigslist.

Around here, there are some weeks where more "modded custom project bikes" (i.e. F***ed over UJMs) are listed for sale than stock or mostly stock bikes, running or otherwise. The "modded custom" is rarely finished, almost never runs, and usually lacks the proper lighting and brakes to be safe to ride, or even street legal.

It's a damned shame, too.

Bam !