KZ GT550 Carbs

Hi,
I’ve had this problem with my GT 550 for a while, and I really need to
sort it out. Ever since I dropped the bike (tried to ride off with the
disc lock on - duhh!) the carbs have been flooding petrol and filling
up my air filter with petrol. I took it to the garage a while back,
and they replaced 2 diaphragms, although they never really got the
synchronisation sorted. But then a short while later the prblem came
back. I had taken the float bowl off (I haven’t got a garage or
anything) because I figured the floats might be stuck, but it looked
ok. (Can’t really tell, I’m not a mechanic). I think it must be the
floats, right? Or the needle? Sounds crazy, but maybe the floats are
filling up with petrol and sinking? I think it’s just carb no.1.

I am going to do this myself, and even buy one of those carb
synchronising tools to measure the air pressure. I have heard it’s a
really tricky thing to do. Is it that tricky?

Ps my carbs are the Keihin CV ones, it’s a 1990 GT 550 G4.

Peter

 

I had been told that balancing the carbs on the Zephyr was a *right* PITA,
and having had to take the carbs off to change the throttle opener cable I
could well believe this to be the case.

However, our man Lozzo [1] carried out the entire operation from start to
finish in the amount of time it took for me to enjoy a cup of coffee and a
chat[2] with Elly, despite the fact that he'd overslept and my arrival was
his wake up call.

[1] Fucking top bloke
[2] And, of course Elly for providing the coffee and civilised conversation,
mostly about my deranged neighbours.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)