 Mikuni vs S&S
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As you guys know I have been working with a guy who claimed he could make an S&S better than a Mikuni. He was wrong, he can't even make it as good. I changed to Mikuni after finding that the S&S can not be tuned for a full throttle range there is nothing you can do to not have a dead spot. You can move the dead spot to anywhere in the throttle range you want it at, if you want a dead spot some where, I however do not. I want full throttle response through out the throttle range. Even with all the modifications he made to the carb it still never measured up to a Mikuni. Now on my single carb manifold I have a 42mm flatslide Mikuni and it runs better than ever, and looks very cool as well.
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Told ya... 
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Yeah, I know man. I was hoping this guy was as good as his credentials say he is. Needless to say we have parted ways. The truth is, an S&S would make an excellent tractor carb, and with his mods it would be an even better one, but its no performance part, and never will be.
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NEVER SAY NEVER, Chad!  When people can put a remote controlled dune buggy on Mars, that should tell you that the right people, with the right money, just haven't tried yet.  NEVER SAY NEVER!
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great to see you havent been discouraged by th S&S....may i ask wot size jets, needle, pump nozzle your currently running in th Mikuni?
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Ok, sorry it took me so long to get back to ya with all this.
I have a 20 pilot, 160 main, 97 needle, and a 50 nozzle. The clip is in the middle groove.
I have been working on the fine tuning of it, and am now thinking that it is close. Tuning it has been fun. I am now about to take it on a road test again.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I believe I also told you that the S&S wouldn't measure up. I could see you getting a good running single carb bike with the Mikuni flat slide though. I said I couldn't see a fixed venturi carb measure up to a variable venturi carb I think.
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been running 36mm flatslide Mikuni for over 8 years on my TBA Ed 
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Ok, sorry it took me so long to get back to ya with all this.
I have a 20 pilot, 160 main, 97 needle, and a 50 nozzle. The clip is in the middle groove.
I have been working on the fine tuning of it, and am now thinking that it is close. Tuning it has been fun. I am now about to take it on a road test again.
interesting..tnx!..would have thought th hsr42 a bit too much carb for th Trumpy, but glad its working for you...have you tried smaller pilot & maybe a 98 needle?
So much tunability eh...all good fun! Any px?
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I am still fine tuning the thing there are so many combinations, but I am going down to a samller pilot jet because I am still slightly on the rich side. It runs so good right now on the top side its hard for me to change anything there yet. Its working great and I wouldn't use a smaller carb. Its the right one for the job.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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