CV conversion
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Question concerning jetting with the CV. The bike was running well with 165/42 jets with the old butterfly carb. All other things being equal, should I use the same size jets with the CV installed? Tempted to go up to 175/45.
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IIRC when I was running a CV on my bike, I ran a 45 pilot and a 185 main jet. This will depend on what pipes/AC/cam you're running, but it's a starting point.
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Yeah, I thought of using one of those types of bracket but from what I understand, the stock A/C backing plate needs to be modified or a different A/C altogether. Trying to stay as stock looking as possible.
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Is 185/75 a typo? Seems way big.
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The CV carb on the 88 Sporty lacked the accelerator pump. So the needle was richer to compensate.
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