Carb rebuild time, needle position??

[Guest]

I finally got all the parts needed to redo my carbs and started today. I got some carb dip stuff by Gunk called Hydro Seal seems to be working ok, anybody used this before?
Thanks to Robert for the o-ring kit, mine REALLY needed it.
My question:
I just put on my new Vance & Hines 4-1 and the instructions said to rejet to a 130 main, which is what I'm doing. The bike is a canadian model so I have adjustable needles. What position should I set it at now to begin with the bigger main? I had them set to full rich with my old main for it to be even rideable. Stock ones were 112.5 I think.

[salty_monk]

I had to go up from a 115 to a 125 main on my 801000G with an inbox K&N & V&H.
Ran the needles (I had Canadian needles) at one richer than stock, likely could have got away with shimming for a half space.

You need to test it & see but that should give you a start. 130 sounds too fat unless you have pods on there...
The pipe alone should need about 1 full stage richer, maybe not even that. I would try 117.5 first with your K&N inbox max 120's.

Dan

[almarconi]

I had them set to full rich with my old main for it to be even rideable

Probably cause carbs needed to be cleaned.

I would concur that the 117.5 would be a good starting point for your setup..once you get it all together you can tune from there.

[gearhead13]

The needles were on the second to last notch as stock, almost full rich. Then i pulled the slides and moved the clip down a notch to make it rideable.
The 130's will have to do for now, its all i have and it takes a week for the bike shop to get new ones in
I set the needles clip in the middle for now, I'll see how it runs tomorrow.

[psyguy]

very interested to hear how it runs around the half-throttle mark
130, as mentioned, may be too big

[gearhead13]

very interested to hear how it runs around the half-throttle mark
130, as mentioned, may be too big

Yes, that seems a consensus on here, I should have it running today and I will post how it runs.

[gearhead13]

Bike runs good besides needing a carb sync. Revs hard to redline, clutch slipping much more than before. Much better roll on power from 4k rpm on up
Might be a little rich, hard to tell with the clutch slipping so much.
Waiting for my manometer from Z1, seems to be taking forever

[psyguy]

well, i guess if the plugs dont get fouled with excess gas and you're happy with how it runs, then thats it