Successful GS550 Carb Jetting

[mbautsch]

I just finished putting a Stage 3 Dynojet kit and K&N filters on my 81 GS550 and it worked perfectly. It was much easier than I expected. The only thing that made me nervous was the drilling and it turned out to be easy also. The job only took about 2 hours and now my 550 is a different bike. I don't know how much horsepower I picked up but it seems to be significant.

My initial purpose was to get rid of the air box that drove me nuts every time I wanted to do some work on the bike and had to take off the carbs. I hated trying to remove and install the carbs between the 2 sets of boots and it was really tearing up the boots. The K&N's are a tight fit but much easier than the old way.

If anybody wants more info on the upgrade just let me know and I will post more details about the process.

[rangerdanger]

How diffiult was the initial tuning? I really want to run K&N pods with the DJ kit and a nicer breathing exhaust. Im just leary on spending countless hours doing laps around my neighborhood to get things right.

Do you have any tips/advice?

First impressions on riding after completing the install?

[blowerbike]

http://thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=164365

[macosie]

questions

I just finished putting a Stage 3 Dynojet kit and K&N filters on my 81 GS550 and it worked perfectly. It was much easier than I expected.

If anybody wants more info on the upgrade just let me know and I will post more details about the process.

Did you have to change the needle setting as stated by Dynojet?
How much bigger are your jets than the originals?

[machinest]

Did you use the kit for the 1982 katana 550 as that is the only 550 kit I can see on their site

[Buffalo Bill]

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