1:1 – In the beginning was created the heaven and the earth.

1:2 – And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit moved upon the face of the waters.

1:3 – Calling, ‘Let there be light’: and there was light.

And not before time too! Sonar never really worked for me. No fun riding the XS by white cane.

Ever wondered where carbs go when they die.

Carb Heaven? Sonic bubble bath. Soda spa. Queen Joan Jetts.

Or Carb Hell? Oxidation soup. Vacuum Patches.  Dysync city.

Function change? Why not …

• dual eyes … halogen

 

halogen eyes

 

 

simple really

 

 

coloured and polished variations

 

Where are you  going to hide all the spaghetti?

Mount as you wish.

• stop/tail … led

 

 

ol led eye

 

 

here’s lookin at you … led

 

 

Not really my cupoftea, but (?) … rcknrllrog on fleabay

I’m not a carb expert. I can strip, clean and tune my own carbs fine but if I was relying on my powers of fine tuning for a living I’d be in trouble. It’s just as well the original CV carbs are fairly straight forward.

Many of their problems are related to dirty tanks leading to blocked Pilot circuits, float valve, float level setting, airleaks in vacuum barbs, boots, butterfly shaft or air filter.

Good discussions of these have come out of the Garage.

Mikuni_BS-CV_Carburetor_Rebuild_Tutorial … a nice pictorial guide

BS34 and BS38

VM 34-36 Roundslide Mikuni

Here is a Mikuni VM manual

vm carbtune

Interesting read on CV carb setting up

Basic carb theory

 

jet crossover

 

Repair hints

Sudco

VM Jetting chart

Topham resource site

2 types of original carbs, both CV, see the Oz site too

• BS38 – early types were not linked and bolted perpendicular to the head, later models were linked and the boots were angled to the head
• BS34 – linked and angled to the head

 

Basic CV carb ID pics

 

US XS650 carb guide

 

pilot jets

 

float setting

 

CV cut-away

 

CV schematic … BS34 pilot jets are fed directly from the main so must be plugged

 

VM dimensions

 

Goran Perssons vacuum port mod

 

This is handy for providing vacuum points to balance your carbs if using boots without vacuum barbs, simply plug when not being used.