Thanks again for all the help here.
I bought a second carb so that I could take my time with the kit installation and also have a failsafe in case something goes wrong.
The jet kit installation went really smooth and I took my time with it. I went with drilling one hole, shortening the springs 12mm and opening the mixture screw 4 turns, as per Mike's suggestions.
The last two days I spent with installing the carb which kept me quite busy as I used the chance to do a few things at once: AIS removal, carb coolant bypass (not much to do here), installing the new carb and checking the valves.
AIS removal was the most annoying bit, having to turn the very short tap with a Knipex plier wrench which needed a lot of patience, strength and precision.
With Mike's tips, especially the one to unhook the throttle cable on the throttle side, removing the carb was much easier than expected.
I used a lashing strap to hold the airbox back.
It really pays off studying Pat and Mike's instructions meticulously and having them at hand.
I had also purchased new intake manifolds and modded them beforehand and replaced them. Pushing the carb back into these new manfolds proved to be the hardest part and even with all my power I was only able to get them in partially or rather once I had them in partially I used another lashing strap to push them in fully.
I am not finished yet and haven't started the bike yet as I went on to checking the valves after that, more about that in this thread:
https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=2769...#msg331704
[Edited to fix the tiny font problem: GrahamM - Moderator]
I bought a second carb so that I could take my time with the kit installation and also have a failsafe in case something goes wrong.
The jet kit installation went really smooth and I took my time with it. I went with drilling one hole, shortening the springs 12mm and opening the mixture screw 4 turns, as per Mike's suggestions.
The last two days I spent with installing the carb which kept me quite busy as I used the chance to do a few things at once: AIS removal, carb coolant bypass (not much to do here), installing the new carb and checking the valves.
AIS removal was the most annoying bit, having to turn the very short tap with a Knipex plier wrench which needed a lot of patience, strength and precision.
With Mike's tips, especially the one to unhook the throttle cable on the throttle side, removing the carb was much easier than expected.
I used a lashing strap to hold the airbox back.
It really pays off studying Pat and Mike's instructions meticulously and having them at hand.
I had also purchased new intake manifolds and modded them beforehand and replaced them. Pushing the carb back into these new manfolds proved to be the hardest part and even with all my power I was only able to get them in partially or rather once I had them in partially I used another lashing strap to push them in fully.
I am not finished yet and haven't started the bike yet as I went on to checking the valves after that, more about that in this thread:
https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=2769...#msg331704
[Edited to fix the tiny font problem: GrahamM - Moderator]