thanks garn1,yes it,s the gap between bottom of slides and carb .the gaps that are there look alot bigger than 0.7 mm. i,ll measure the gaps and get them equal next week,i presume i can adjust the screws on top with engine running to balance the carbs correct ?

hi ,was servicing/ cleaning my carbs and need help on adjusting the throttle valves,they do have another screw under the top cover (mr pigford was correct thanks)but the workshop manual i have doesn,t cover these carbs,looking at the carbs #4 has a smaller gap than the other three,i presume thats no...

still pissin down .....down here ,lets hope for better weather tomorrow

nice bike ,best of luck with it,
looks very like a bike i was biddin on in ebay a few months ago,complete with acid stain on pipe rhs

hi paul,anymore info on the up and coming zed run ? should make it there alright ,i won,t have my kz900 running ,but i,ll have me rex

very nice pics mal87

guess i,ll have to get my bike sorted by then. anywhere in mind for the run paul?

Hi mr pigford,
been away on hols last week ,haven,t got near the bike lately,but before i went on hols i swapped round leads and still the same problem,think i,ll take the carbs out and service them altogether,as z1bnackerkwacker said,
regards knut

Sounds more like a dodgy plug ? If its an NGK, they seem to be iffy? Swap 1 & 4, see if problem moves? If not, swap leads, they are both the same coil, so thats OK! If its still No 1, carb could be flooding? Air screw out 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 turns. thanks pigford , i,ll try swapping them around 2moro...

hi guys,i,m new here and looking for the standard air mixture and other settings for a standard kz900,as i think it,s getting too much petrol on #1 . thers plenty of spark but #1 exhaust is not getting anyway as hot as the others. there seemed a lot petrol in mix that it spat out when i removed the ...