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Offline Reid

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550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« on: June 11, 2012, 02:45:08 PM »
  I am finishing a 550 ss project that someone else started and the carbs that came with are no good. They appear to have been rained in for decades. I bought a set of 550 nighthawk carbs but they dump gas unless they are angled up on the bike, so I am considering 26mm round slide Mikuni's..... Any thoughts?
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Re: 550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2012, 02:46:38 PM »
Original or headaches, the choice is always yours. ;D
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Re: 550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2012, 02:54:49 PM »
  Agreed but in this case the stockers would be a headache. They are missing a bowl, a jet boss is broken, and are completely seized.
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Re: 550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2012, 04:07:08 PM »
Quote from: Reid on June 11, 2012, 02:54:49 PM
  Agreed but in this case the stockers would be a headache.
You could buy a good used set.  You'd have spare parts, and few headaches getting them to fit and operate.

Bigger carbs won't make the engine operate better unless you also do extensive engine mechanical mods.
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Re: 550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2012, 06:20:39 PM »
One of the first things I bought was a spare set of carbs.

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Re: 550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2012, 07:48:10 PM »
Agreed with everything said.  Get a good used set for your bike model. 
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Re: 550 SS carbs a total loss UPGRADE?
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2012, 12:37:40 AM »
Yeah sorry Reid, that's what I meant in my off hand way. ;D
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