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Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: Julian217 on March 31, 2009, 02:27:14 PM

Title: Kawasaki carbs on SRX
Post by: Julian217 on March 31, 2009, 02:27:14 PM

Steve L's post below got me thinking about this.  There's a model of Kawasaki 250 with twin carbs that will fit on an SRX.  Has anyone any experience with these?   I know they're used in the US, but are they any good for our road conditions ?  Do you need to rejet them?  Is there any advantage over the standard set up?  What happens to responsiveness and MPG?

any thoughts much appreciated. Cheers Julian.

Title: Re: Kawasaki carbs on SRX
Post by: Steve Lake on March 31, 2009, 03:07:17 PM

well, you'd need to know what bore they are, and what make.....if they are proprietry kwakka, then mabe there is a dynojet kit available, if there is, it'll cost anything between 70-100 quid, so you need to ask yourself a few questions about value for money/bang for bucks

Title: Re: Kawasaki carbs on SRX
Post by: guest381 on April 01, 2009, 12:04:01 AM

I had a set of 250 (GPX 250 i think) carbs on a SRX i bought a couple of years ago. definitely needed re-jetting but were more hassle than they were worth. Very responsive but drank petrol (think 30mpg). diffrent control cables were needed and the piping was a bit of a nightmare to sort out to get it all to fit under the tank. Best off sticking with standard set and working from there.

Title: Re: Kawasaki carbs on SRX
Post by: guest207 on April 01, 2009, 12:30:22 AM

I have a pair of kwak carbs that came with my SRX and also a raptor inlet manifold with a big flat slide CV think its a 41mm Keihin?..I wont be using them as I have a pair of CR,s for mine. I was thinking of ebaying them all but if anyones interested then give me a shout.
Mick

Title: Re: Kawasaki carbs on SRX
Post by: Steve Lake on April 01, 2009, 07:48:44 PM

SHOUT!!
Yes Mick......would be interested in the raptor manifold and keihin....or if you're Ebaying it, would you let me know the item number so's i can bid
Cheers
Steve

Title: Re: Kawasaki carbs on SRX
Post by: guest207 on April 02, 2009, 06:35:06 AM

SteveL you have a PM

Mick