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Morning Folks!
I snagged a decent 2004 Kat about a month ago with a few “issues” biggest being that cool new mod done by someone who had no clue that these motors take oil to run and left me with a crankcase window to properly view the number 4 piston and connecting rod
A good friend of mine and my RC for the MC I run has a Bandit and donated the motor out of it for the Kat. Swapped the new heart into the Kat and had to adapt a few things (the intake boots for the bandit do not accommodate the Kat carbs) and of course the EGR system off the. Bandit motor as well.
Of course the motor fit just fine and everything bolted up as it should. Had the two motors completely out and swapped in under 3 hours which was pretty awesome considering the last motor swap we did was on one of my old Goldwings and it took a better part of a day to get it done.
Cleaned and Rebuilt the carbs, Set the air/fuel mix screws to 2.5 turns out and slapped them back in. After a bit of a protest she fired right over but won’t stay running...So the carbs are coming off again this evening and I’ll go back through them to make sure everything is seated properly and all that other good stuff.
NOW - question time!
First, My local bike mechanic advised to set the air/fuel screws to 3-3.5 turns out (we are in Georgia) and advised these bikes came from the factory set super lean because of the emissions nonsense. I’ll give that a shot and see how it works. BUT, the petcock has that vacuum line off the back of it which in my opinion needs to be hooked into the carbs for the bike to continually run....does that sound right?
I’m still waiting on the service manual for this machine to come in so I’ve got it...checked the forum for a downloadable copy but the two that were posted the links don’t work in for me so I’m shooting mostly from the hip on this one.
Basically - My primary concern is the air fuel mix and the screw settings. I neglected to mention the bike has a D&D on it now and I’m
Not sure of the jet size but I’d bet they’re probably still stock so they need to be changed.
Regardless - sorry for the long ass post, just need the bike to fire over and run so my other half can get out on her own two wheels and explore this state (she’s from NZ)
I snagged a decent 2004 Kat about a month ago with a few “issues” biggest being that cool new mod done by someone who had no clue that these motors take oil to run and left me with a crankcase window to properly view the number 4 piston and connecting rod
A good friend of mine and my RC for the MC I run has a Bandit and donated the motor out of it for the Kat. Swapped the new heart into the Kat and had to adapt a few things (the intake boots for the bandit do not accommodate the Kat carbs) and of course the EGR system off the. Bandit motor as well.
Of course the motor fit just fine and everything bolted up as it should. Had the two motors completely out and swapped in under 3 hours which was pretty awesome considering the last motor swap we did was on one of my old Goldwings and it took a better part of a day to get it done.
Cleaned and Rebuilt the carbs, Set the air/fuel mix screws to 2.5 turns out and slapped them back in. After a bit of a protest she fired right over but won’t stay running...So the carbs are coming off again this evening and I’ll go back through them to make sure everything is seated properly and all that other good stuff.
NOW - question time!
First, My local bike mechanic advised to set the air/fuel screws to 3-3.5 turns out (we are in Georgia) and advised these bikes came from the factory set super lean because of the emissions nonsense. I’ll give that a shot and see how it works. BUT, the petcock has that vacuum line off the back of it which in my opinion needs to be hooked into the carbs for the bike to continually run....does that sound right?
I’m still waiting on the service manual for this machine to come in so I’ve got it...checked the forum for a downloadable copy but the two that were posted the links don’t work in for me so I’m shooting mostly from the hip on this one.
Basically - My primary concern is the air fuel mix and the screw settings. I neglected to mention the bike has a D&D on it now and I’m
Not sure of the jet size but I’d bet they’re probably still stock so they need to be changed.
Regardless - sorry for the long ass post, just need the bike to fire over and run so my other half can get out on her own two wheels and explore this state (she’s from NZ)
I'd start around 2 turns out and work from there at 1/4 turn at a time and log the results.. just my 2 cents
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