im after a new set of carbs for me tiger soon. mine are a bit worse for wear n really could do with replacin soon. as steamer carbs seem a bit scarce, will any other carbs from a pre 98 triple fit ? im thinkin speed triple, daytona etc.....
cheers 8)
Quote from: "rybes"im after a new set of carbs for me tiger soon. mine are a bit worse for wear n really could do with replacin soon. as steamer carbs seem a bit scarce, will any other carbs from a pre 98 triple fit ? im thinkin speed triple, daytona etc.....
cheers 8)
sprint or trident or sprint executive .....well you get the idea, just swap your jets from the tiger carbs into them or verify that the carbs you get have the same jets in them that your tigger does
Quote from: "Mustang"Quote from: "rybes"im after a new set of carbs for me tiger soon. mine are a bit worse for wear n really could do with replacin soon. as steamer carbs seem a bit scarce, will any other carbs from a pre 98 triple fit ? im thinkin speed triple, daytona etc.....
cheers 8)
sprint or trident or sprint executive .....well you get the idea, just swap your jets from the tiger carbs into them or verify that the carbs you get have the same jets in them that your tigger does
Don't bother changing the jets. Just open up the other side of the airbox. Works a treat.
Since I swapped to Sprint Executive carbs with BOS exhausts, the bike not only feels a little more powerful but I am also getting 52-55 MPG.
cheers mustang and luke 8) sprint carbs it is. and another funnel and sponge mesh bit :D could do with extra mpgs
Dont forget, if you go from Mikuni to Keihin, you need different adapters between carb and airbox as the shape is different, and they wont seal.
ill be stickin to mikunis i thinkMIM as ive found a set.
what did you do with the other side airbox luke ? did you use another funnel and silencer bit or just take the cap off ? cheers mate
Quote from: "rybes"ill be stickin to mikunis i thinkMIM as ive found a set.
what did you do with the other side airbox luke ? did you use another funnel and silencer bit or just take the cap off ? cheers mate
I took the cap off, and fitted another snorkel and filter onto that side.
nice one cheers luke. dont spose ya got a spare have ya ?
Quote from: "rybes"nice one cheers luke. dont spose ya got a spare have ya ?
I'll have a look, but I don't think I have.
They are not that expensive, though, if I recall (on the scale of 1 to 10 of buying OEM Triumph parts).
well, ive bought meself a set of carbs like yours luke. ill be fittin em on sometime this week ill let ya know how i get on :D
its been a long wait but today im off to go get my tiger. cant wait, finally ill have a bike over here 8)
Sweet.
My girl is currently in bits. I had to replace the cockpit subframe and do some other stuff, like change the oil, etc.
bet ya cant wait to get it all back together again and take it out. when i change the carbs over and remove the cap from the other side, can i get away without runnin the snorkel and sponge bit for a while ? this lil trip to get me bikes gunna strip me pockets bare so if i dont need it for a bit thatll be spot on :D
Aye, short run should be fine. They are very cheap tho, so get one as soon as you can :)
hello luke. i got a question for ya. did you do any work to the carbs before you fitted them on ? im wonderin about needle height and mixture screw settings or will standard tiger settings do the job?
cheers mate
No, none at all. They looked in really good condition when I got them. The previous owner had used them once and then layed them up for a while before selling them onto me.
Let me know how you get on.
will do mate. gunna clean em up tmora as per mustangs cleanin thread n fit em on.
what you reckon mustang ?
well, i cleaned em up good job really cos 2 pilot jets were blocked. had a small fuel leak throo the airbox i had t sort. i know its been said before but......who ever designed that airbox for carb removal needs shootin :lol:
jus been for a 15 mile blast and all seems well. picks up good and it no longer pops back throo the exhaust on over run. now just a case of findin out if the mixture needs sortin. ill be watchin the tailpipes closely.
the dead giveaway is if you are lugging in third or 4th gear and then twist the grip to full open quickly , it should start to pick up rpm and power fairly instant ...........if you can have someone behind you when you do this they can tell you if it's belchin black smoke like a diesel truck . If it is your too rich.
that's the way a poor man's dyno works :ImaPoser
carbs done me proud. no probs at all on the ride to denmark. loadsa power and even better 45mpg. not bad considerin how much weight i was carryin.
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Nice one Rybes. Out of interest, what MPG were you getting before the change?
When I first got my bike, with the Mikunis, I struggled to get more than 40MPG, even taking it easy. Adding the Sprint carbs increased that to somewhere between 45 and 50 and then replacing the stock exhausts with BOS exhausts is consistently returning 50+.
to be honest Luke i couldnt tell ya. been 3 months since i rode it last and the carbs were that badly set up the tail pipes on me zorst were covered in fluffy soot so probably bout 25mpg. this time round the tail pipes after 210ish miles ya could still see the metal beneth a slight grey deposit. gunna whip out a plug and check to see what they runnin at but i dont think its rich.