Topic: New project bike

[Bodain]

I had been laying off, working in the garage all summer, just because it was too hot.. So I'm in this situation. Now the weather is cooling down and I'm without a project. I've simply got to have a beater bike to work on. Everything I have is complete and doesn't need anything. What's a guy todo? Anyway I've been real close to CL these last few weeks. Looking at a lot of bike's, but not really buying anything. Well today I decided on a Suzuki. Picked up a 1979 GS750..  So I've been in the garage most of this rainy day fiddling. It's good to be back in the garage without sweating my ass off.

Anyway this GS750 has CV Mikuni carbs.I've only been into CV carbs one time several years ago. Didn't have any problem getting the job done. So I'm into these carbs. I just want to be sure the jets are clean. To my suprise!! I can't find a pilot jet. A bit of research and I find it.
It's recessed and under THE PILOT JET PLUG, which is a rubber boot. Logic would tell me this jet can't get gas. What am I missing?

[tomkimberly]

Notice the tube sticking up in your picture?

You need that plug.


Tom

[Bodain]

I know I need the plug... I'm just trying to figure out how gas gets to the pilot jet...

I believe that tube is the path for the choke circuit. I believe it. That doesn't mean it's true.

I also posed the question on the GS forum. They seem to believe there is a circuit between the main jet and that leads to the pilot.

[tomkimberly]

I know I need the plug... I'm just trying to figure out how gas gets to the pilot jet...

I believe that tube is the path for the choke circuit. I believe it. That doesn't mean it's true.

I also posed the question on the GS forum. They seem to believe there is a circuit between the main jet and that leads to the pilot.

You are corect, see here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w230/chubbytwo/pilot_question.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/forum/mechanics-corner/66640-mikuni-pilot-jet-question.html&usg=__yUizUX8pkeKMN78gsMD2kbcij4Y=&h=592&w=529&sz=63&hl=en&start=53&um=1&tbnid=4KvKu8qP_jMfrM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmikuni%2Bcv%2Bcarburetor%2Bsuzuki%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26start%3D42%26um%3D1


Tom

[mlinder]

Yep, it's draw from the main circuit. Baffled the hell out of me too when I took some CV carbs apart from a gs550.

[Bodain]

Ah ..... Thats what I'm looking for. Nothing like a correct picture to explain it in detail. I had been on Mikuni's site and countless others.