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Re: finally ivanising.. - Falcon 269 - 06-01-19
It was probably around 200 at the time I did that one. Nearer to 700 when I called it a day, Paul.
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 07-01-19
jesus. I cant imagine taking them carbs in an out 700 times mike. its a wonder you are still sane!
Re: finally ivanising.. - Falcon 269 - 08-01-19
As you've discovered, Paul, once you've learned the technique and know which tools to use, these carbs are actually very easy to remove and refit. Same with the process of fitting Ivan's kit and doing the other mods in a Full Monty installation. Typically it used to take me less than 15 minutes to remove the carbs from the time the bike went on the centrestand.
The only thing which caused me concern every time was removing the inlet stubs for gas flowing. The hex bolts on those were usually corroded in the head and it was a fine line between enough torque to crack them loose and too much causing the socket to round off. They were one of the reasons why I stopped doing the Ivan's installs because I couldn't carry the tools with me to deal properly with a damaged bolt.
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 12-01-19
remember when I first got the bike mike, and wasn't sure if it was already ivanised? I now know a simple test..if your sitting at 90 in top and whack the throttle open count four seconds and your now indicating 145, its ivanised..
Found some reasonably empty camera free motorway stretches today to try the new top end out a bit. Jeeeeeesus kerrist…. :lol :lol
Re: finally ivanising.. - Falcon 269 - 12-01-19
That's certainly one way of checking it out, Paul.
Re: finally ivanising.. - b1k3rdude - 12-01-19
(12-01-19, 08:35 PM)ogri48 link Wrote: I now know a simple test..if your sitting at 90 in top and whack the throttle open count four seconds and your now indicating 145, its ivanised..Yup, been there done that... a few times..
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 13-01-19
:lol :lol :lol
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 13-01-19
borrowed daves carbtune today (cheers buddy), be interesting to see how far out mine are after the mods
hopefully get on it tomorrow night after work
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 14-01-19
balancing sorted...cheers dave.. they were a bit out to say the least
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 14-01-19
and I found a foreigner in the camp...new plug and clip ordered from fowlers...
Re: finally ivanising.. - Dynspud - 16-01-19
Nicely done Paul.
Have you taken the bike out for a spin since?
Be interesting to see whether you notice a further improvement or not.
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 16-01-19
no was too cold by the time I finished last night dave, didn't feel like it. was going to tonight but been changing the tyres on me onda
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 16-01-19
franks loving that heater.... :lol
Re: finally ivanising.. - Dynspud - 16-01-19
He's a good old boy
What tyres did you go for on the CB?
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 16-01-19
bt016s. just love em. when I lived in the fens I needed tyres that wore well, as I had to ride a lot of straight roads to find some twisties. now I actually live on a twisty (with plenty more around as we both know buddy) i'll stick with rubber that warms up very quickly no matter what the temperature outside, and handles like a flippin demon. I know i'll only get 2k out of the pair on the big heavy grunty honda, but running three bikes means thats realistically easily a full season...and I don't like using tyres past a year old Anyhoo, so at £130 a pop its making good sense to me. hopefully weather will hold over the weekend, I can try the fazer then.
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 16-01-19
ill stick the avons on the fazer when we go to France mate so they wont be wasted..
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 21-01-19
two things I noticed on my very cold commute this morning now the bike is ivanised and the carbs are balanced,.
firstly, its a super smooth turbine now. Glitch free(once warm) and strong, it actually feels like a pukka track bike (in terms of fuelling), and whilst thats really nice, I actually miss the character a bit the engine had when it was stock (fuelling rich low down). not enough to want it back tho :lol :lol
You just cant win with some people, right? lol..
You can really feel its a lot leaner low down, and whereas before you could knock the choke of almost instantly, you've now got to feather it off over five miles or so on a really cold day like today. the plus side (along with of course that it runs perfectly now once warm) is the improved fuel economy. Unless ive got me figures wrong its getting between 20-35 miles extra a tank, depending on how im riding. Thats fairly extraordinary to say the least.
Still getting used to the top end pull it has now...gonna be eating some tyres this summer
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Re: finally ivanising.. - Ricky - 21-01-19
I think you are the first guy I have heard say they are getting improved mpg after Ivanising.Mine dropped over 40 miles per tank.
Re: finally ivanising.. - VNA - 21-01-19
Seems odd to me.My choke became just about obsolete once it was Ivanised. I only need to use it when it's really cold.Which I thought made sense as surely opening up the by-pass holes makes it richer at the bottom end.MPG, just the same if maybe a wee bit more, as I wasn't knocking it down to 4th to go through towns any more.
Re: finally ivanising.. - ogri48 - 21-01-19
aha. so is mine running too lean you think?