Not to mention, other carbs can easily beat them in performance and reliability.


CV's F-ing suck!!

 

So, it's personal. Got it.

John

 

Sounds like you can't put a tune on a stock carb, if the bike is properly maintained, don't have to take carb off very often. Sounds like you went rounds with the stock carb.

 

Do you have any data to back that up? Or you still ranting and raving?

 

CVs rule. Take care of your bike and use it often and you won't have a problem.

 

CV of course but is everyone missing that he said the numbers were ground off???!!! Why bother with fixing anything? It's only going to get impounded the first time it's checked and he won't get it back.

 

In the OP, there is mention of the bike now being legally registered.

John

 

You can check the float bowl level with the carb still on the bike, the manual just doesn't provide the measurements when the carb is in that position, but you could find out your self once you have properly adjusted it off the bike. You can change jet sizes as well, you can do alot with it still on the bike. Not sure if there is enough space to take the top off though. I never owned a different carb on my bike so I can not compare it to other ones. From my minimal experience of tuning my carb, I can tell you it took a pretty long time, but that could have been due to my lack of experience, knowledge, lots of variables could be involved. You could probably find parts to a CV carb alot easier on the side of the road than compared to other carbs.

 

I've got a CV on my 06 883. 22,000+ miles. At 10,000 miles I put a CVP tuner kit in it- she sat outside before I bought her for a year- and she runs like a champ. That's 12,000 trouble free miles with a fat guy on a little bike. No problems here.

 

It may be legally registered all right, but by the frame #. If it's ever inspected carefully by any kind of law enforcement, ground off # on the engine usually means it gets impounded. That may not be the case here. I don't claim to know everything, it could have come from a police impound sale. I bought a stolen and recovered bike one time like that. If it was mine i'd make damn sure it was completely legal before i did anything to it.