Re: TLR Carbie
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:33 am
Dear Toby,
The last thing any of us twinshock riders want is you with a non-stalling Honda at the next round.
You may have stumbled into the centre of a compromise circle. This is mental device, loosely based on the friction circle of motor racing use.
Spaced evenly around the periphery of the circle are all the things you desire.
1. The fact that the carb works.
2. Availability.
3. Cheapness.
4. Suitability.
As you move towards one attribute you move further from the others.
There is one happenstance that can fold the circle so that all the points meet.
This origami moment comes around about once in a lifetime so should be used sparingly.
In your case it will manifest itself when you stumble, next Wednesday around tea-time, on an unopened box that has been donated by a local widow, who is exacting revenge for a lifetime of coming second to the bikes, by scrapping or giving away to the local village fete or swap meet, the entire contents of his shed.
This box will contain a carb, cable, throttle and manifold modification diagram all optimised for your bike.
You must weigh the immediate advantage of this occurence ( victory in the Post Classic division next weekend, which is a foregone conclusion anyway ) against the fact you might want to cash it in at a later date ( ie the discovery of a cure for cancer in a box in the carpark at the oncology depatment when you attend your first scan for bowel cancer in your fifties.)
Talking about things with round slides, I have fitted a round slide OKO Speed Carburettor supplied ready-jetted from Chris at Classictrial to my Fantic.
This works a treat. I think you should spend more money with him. The more you spend on the bike, the smaller, percentage wise, the seperate purchases become.
A result in anyone's book!
Regards,
Joe Henderson.
The last thing any of us twinshock riders want is you with a non-stalling Honda at the next round.
You may have stumbled into the centre of a compromise circle. This is mental device, loosely based on the friction circle of motor racing use.
Spaced evenly around the periphery of the circle are all the things you desire.
1. The fact that the carb works.
2. Availability.
3. Cheapness.
4. Suitability.
As you move towards one attribute you move further from the others.
There is one happenstance that can fold the circle so that all the points meet.
This origami moment comes around about once in a lifetime so should be used sparingly.
In your case it will manifest itself when you stumble, next Wednesday around tea-time, on an unopened box that has been donated by a local widow, who is exacting revenge for a lifetime of coming second to the bikes, by scrapping or giving away to the local village fete or swap meet, the entire contents of his shed.
This box will contain a carb, cable, throttle and manifold modification diagram all optimised for your bike.
You must weigh the immediate advantage of this occurence ( victory in the Post Classic division next weekend, which is a foregone conclusion anyway ) against the fact you might want to cash it in at a later date ( ie the discovery of a cure for cancer in a box in the carpark at the oncology depatment when you attend your first scan for bowel cancer in your fifties.)
Talking about things with round slides, I have fitted a round slide OKO Speed Carburettor supplied ready-jetted from Chris at Classictrial to my Fantic.
This works a treat. I think you should spend more money with him. The more you spend on the bike, the smaller, percentage wise, the seperate purchases become.
A result in anyone's book!
Regards,
Joe Henderson.