Building a Street Fighter

[cannonball]

I recently purchased a 1995 katana 600 for a streetfighter project. I was wondering what everyone was using for carbs? Currently I have the stock setup, and may just jet them, but I am having a hard time keeping them adjusted, for some reason my number one carb is pulling to much fuel causing it to idle rough and purge fuel. Just thought I would see if anyone was using aftermarket carbs?

[Black_peter]

After market carbs?!?!
Holy crap those would cost more than the bike...

You need your carbs cleaned. Most likely you have a stuck float or float valve leaking.

[cannonball]

I've used aftermarket mikunis before and they were leaps and bounds better than stock setup, different bike of course, and just about anything I put on the bike is gonna cost as much as if not more than the bike itself. but $500.00 for a 95 katan with 10000 miles that runs sounded like a deal to me. as far as a stuck float, I have been through these carbs twice and even took it to a shop just to be sure I wasn't missing anything, and for some reason it will not stay in adjustment. The issue is that after I ride for a month or so, that float goes back to where it was and start purging fuel again. I put 4000 miles on the bike this summer, and that is the only issue I don't have worked out of it.

[loudnlow7484]

Unfortunately, I think putting flatslides on a kat 600 would be much like putting racing slicks on a Geo Metro.

[Black_peter]

What's your point???.

[GSXFJim]

When you took them apart did the float have fuel in it? did the PO 'work' on the carbs? are the floats the correct ones?

[loudnlow7484]

What's your point???.

Pretty similar. If you put flatslides on a 600 teapot, there better be very little of it mechanically that came factory.

[cannonball]

I get that, I'm not making a racing bike out of it or anything, just want something that I'll be happy with all said and done, I have an R1 for going fast, this is just a fun side project for the winter. Anyway, as far as the floats go, there was fuel in em the first time, and I can't say if they are the correct part or not, it's a used bike, they look like they are right and I just assumed they were. The issue I have is that I probably will have to rebuild them, again, reseal them, again, and rejet them to get where I want to be, and if I can get a newer, less used, better quality aftermarket carb that will give me less trouble, it may very well be worth it to me. SO I'll do some more checking to see what I come across.

on a side note, has anyone had their kat on a dyno? I have a local shop with a trailer dyno I wanna run it on, after I get it running right, then the plan is to jet it, put an exhaust system on it, and run individual air filters for the carbs, in hope I can coax 10-15 ponies out of it. If I can get it to make 100rwhp I'd be really excited, although I don't know exactly what it makes now, never having had it on a dyno.

[loudnlow7484]

Making a legitimate 100rwhp on a 600 kat would be a tall order. Maybe on an optimistic dyno.....

[cannonball]

That's what makes it fun. I could just shoot for 100 Bhp...