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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 09:48 AM
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Anyone local decent with mikuni carbs im lost and confused needle up needle down spin left spin right arghhhh. Buying beers and lunch to help my monster breath right!
 
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 11:05 AM
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don't know much about Mikuni carbs but a friend has used this site info

http://www.mikuni.com/fs-tuning_guide.html

Hope ya get it WP
 
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 10:08 PM
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here I thought you were lost for real , my wife always know where I am at , now on your carb I don't have a answer ,I stay with the CV card
 
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Haha Im lost all the time anyway. Yeah ive followed that manual front to back, these things are touchy to adjust, gonna take it to the dyno
 
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Originally Posted by nyokie
....gonna take it to the dyno
That is the best solution, if the tuner knows his Mikunis. Backyard tuning never was any good, there is no substitute for an expert!
 
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