Hawk mikuni carb set up

[oldscooter]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've read several posts and it seems the term for idle screw is used for both screws. Carbs puzzle me. I'll attack the mikuni again later this week when the new pilot jets arrive. Back to stock for now to get in some riding on the warm days ahead.

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by oldscooter

Thanks for the suggestions. I've read several posts and it seems the term for idle screw is used for both screws. Carbs puzzle me. I'll attack the mikuni again later this week when the new pilot jets arrive. Back to stock for now to get in some riding on the warm days ahead.

I'm 99% sure that I always have mentioned the idle mixture screw. On a Mikuni, the idle speed screw is on the opposite side of the carb. Important to understand the difference between idle mixture and idle speed. The idle speed screw only raises or lowers the slide. The idle mixture screw only controls the fuel mixture at idle.....ARH

[oldscooter]

I like it when ARH chimes in on carb posts. Out of all the articles I've read, Youtube's I've watched, he is the only one that has made sense to me. So one more time for us slow kids. The idle speed screw is on the right side of the carb (pic 1). The same place as the "knob" that adjusts the idle speed on the stock carb. The idle mixture screw is on the bottom of the carb (pic 2). Set idle mixture screw 1 1/2 turns out to start. Give me two weeks and I should be done with this.

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by oldscooter

I like it when ARH chimes in on carb posts. Out of all the articles I've read, Youtube's I've watched, he is the only one that has made sense to me. So one more time for us slow kids. The idle speed screw is on the right side of the carb (pic 1). The same place as the "knob" that adjusts the idle speed on the stock carb. The idle mixture screw is on the bottom of the carb (pic 2). Set idle mixture screw 1 1/2 turns out to start. Give me two weeks and I should be done with this.

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I some how got the idea you were asking about a Mikuni carburetor. The one in the picture is not a Mikuni. Or if it is, it's not like any Mikuni I ever worked on. That looks like a Kiehin pz30. Or a copy there of. Mikuni main jets will work in that carb, but the Mikuni pilot jet won't....ARH

[hertz9753]

Originally Posted by Ariel Red Hunter

I some how got the idea you were asking about a Mikuni carburetor. The one in the picture is not a Mikuni. Or if it is, it's not like any Mikuni I ever worked on. That looks like a Kiehin pz30. Or a copy there of. Mikuni main jets will work in that carb, but the Mikuni pilot jet won't....ARH

That is the Mikuni copy from ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mikuni-VM26-...ZWfoFc&vxp=mtr

[oldscooter]

It is from ebay. Should I get a different one and if so, anyone have a link?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262202860867...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[oldscooter]

This is what the 30 pilot looks like. http://www.ebay.com/itm/162106780148...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT