Greetings from beautiful n/e Georgia.
Just finished-up "going pumpless". While I had the carburetor off I decided to do some mild porting to the intake. Radiused the corners, didn't really hog it out. Carb was jetted w/205 main. I think that's a Kuryakyn thing;the bike had a "Twin Velocity" breather on it when I bought it[replaced that breather w/one from Ultima]. Carb also had the stock needle in it. Float level was good.
After reassembly,the motor started up better than ever[PMS 2 1/2 turns out]. Turns over once & it's running.Everytime, cold or hot. It makes tons of mid-range & pulls really hard on top. But, the bottom end fell off a lot. The motor used to pull HARD right off idle & had lots more punch to it.
The motor runs real good, but it dosen't like to run under 55mph in 5th gear , although it begins to get happy around 70mph & it's real happy @ 80+mph.
Are these characteristics of the intake being rubbed-on? Would a "torque ring"[Torque-Something;Baron's sells 'em] put back some of the grunt back in the motor? Or, should I try to find some low-end in the accelerator pump?
Any & all thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks,JW.

chromepony wrote:
Greetings from beautiful n/e Georgia.
Just finished-up "going pumpless". While I had the carburetor off I decided to do some mild porting to the intake. Radiused the corners, didn't really hog it out. Carb was jetted w/205 main. I think that's a Kuryakyn thing;the bike had a "Twin Velocity" breather on it when I bought it[replaced that breather w/one from Ultima]. Carb also had the stock needle in it. Float level was good.
After reassembly,the motor started up better than ever[PMS 2 1/2 turns out]. Turns over once & it's running.Everytime, cold or hot. It makes tons of mid-range & pulls really hard on top. But, the bottom end fell off a lot. The motor used to pull HARD right off idle & had lots more punch to it.
The motor runs real good, but it dosen't like to run under 55mph in 5th gear , although it begins to get happy around 70mph & it's real happy @ 80+mph.
Are these characteristics of the intake being rubbed-on? Would a "torque ring"[Torque-Something;Baron's sells 'em] put back some of the grunt back in the motor? Or, should I try to find some low-end in the accelerator pump?
Any & all thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks,JW.

If you're running 55 in 5th gear, you're shifting way too early. 5th gear is just overdrive and I don't hit that gear until at least 70 MPH. R*s LOVE RPMs. My shift point is 3,000 RPM or a little above, so I'm in 3rd gear at 55, shifting into 4th around 60. That's all...these suckers just HATE to be lugged.

RK

chromepony wrote:
Greetings from beautiful n/e Georgia.
Just finished-up "going pumpless". While I had the carburetor off I decided to do some mild porting to the intake. Radiused the corners, didn't really hog it out. Carb was jetted w/205 main. I think that's a Kuryakyn thing;the bike had a "Twin Velocity" breather on it when I bought it[replaced that breather w/one from Ultima]. Carb also had the stock needle in it. Float level was good.
After reassembly,the motor started up better than ever[PMS 2 1/2 turns out]. Turns over once & it's running.Everytime, cold or hot. It makes tons of mid-range & pulls really hard on top. But, the bottom end fell off a lot. The motor used to pull HARD right off idle & had lots more punch to it.
The motor runs real good, but it dosen't like to run under 55mph in 5th gear , although it begins to get happy around 70mph & it's real happy @ 80+mph.
Are these characteristics of the intake being rubbed-on? Would a "torque ring"[Torque-Something;Baron's sells 'em] put back some of the grunt back in the motor? Or, should I try to find some low-end in the accelerator pump?
Any & all thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks,JW.

if you like the T.V. and want it to work properly, use either the barons jet and needle kit or a dynojet kit. the standard needle with the 205 works, but not as good as it should.

with a reprofiled maniflod DON´T use the torque ring thingys. you´d be just wasting your money

what pipes are you running?

2 1/2" straights. ...whats a "T.V."?

Kury's Twin Velocity air cleaner.

...oh,that T.V; never did like it. It looked like a mailbox hanging on the side of the motor. I've replaced it w/a Ultima Performance breather. Looks much better.