Hey guys, I seem to have a continual problem when I have to do an emergency break. My bike seems to stall everytime. It is like it just dies. It happens everytime I do an emergency stop without fail. Thanks in advance for any advice guys.
Mine stalls too and, having said that, it's been flooding an awefull lot recently. Guess I have to do the carby thing soon.
I do have a fuel pump. The bike is running very well as far as fuel efficency goes so I might start with the float height and see how that goes.
I'd be putting more money on the clutch is dragging slightly and can't release under the rapidly changing conditions such as an emergency stop. It's common on a lot of bikes that are a little long in the tooth. To test my theory, try pulling in the clutch before doing a practice emergency stop and see if it will still stall. If it doesn't, i'd be eyeing up the clutch... if it does i'd be eyeing up the carbs.
Whats involved in cleaning carbs and setting float heights? I've done a bit of a search and cant really come up with much apart from it being said as a thing to do.
First off if nothing is wrong, no need to touch the float heights. If you ever get exited and take the float bowls off the carbs to do a bit of cleaning it will become clear how to adjust them by bending the metal tang. Tricky part is to get them all the same and at the right height. Synchronizing the carburetors is fairly straight forward in principle. Four carbs, just need to get them all doing the same thing at the same time. One way of doing this is by measuring vacuum pressures in the intake manifolds with the help of a manometer or vacuum gauge. You can then adjust them by turning the screws with the red around them. Cleaning is simply taking the carbs out and making sure the internals are spotless, removing things like varnish, old fuel jelly, dirt and what ever else has managed to get itself in there. It is really helpful to have an air compressor or a can of compressed air to clear out all the small passages. I am sure I have left stuff out so feel free to add to this.
Hehe, ahh Jake.. You ride a honda, which is properly tuned to Aus/NZ fuel. However the FZR is tuned to weak-as-water Japanese fuel.. And with a higher pressure fuel pump such as mine.. well you need to adjust the floats. Mine actually runs purrfect without a pump, until the fuel level drops to around reserve, at which point the whole thing leans out too far and starts to lose pull. Probably real bad for the valves too. So I leave the pump on, but the floats need to be lowered. Else my bike stalls when stopping too (Need to rev it while braking with the clutch in... not exactly a skill possess well, nor a skill I want to master)
