Hawk - Stock Carb

faulknja · 04-10-2016, 09:03 PM

so, I've put about 600 miles on my Hawk and the whole time, top speed (even with the 17 tooth front sprocket mod) was around 52. Just realized today that the choke was in the middle position the whole time. DOH! I closed the choke and bam, 58mph on my GPS. Awesome, considering that I'm 6'4" tall and weigh 340!

Only issue is that around half throttle there is a bit of surge / sputter. Crank the throttle just a bit more and it goes away, accelerates strongly. I checked and found no air leaks. Any ideas... not sure that I want to take on the mod with the Mikuni after reading posts here about the trouble getting them dialed in.

04-10-2016, 09:03 PM	#1
faulknja Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 35	Hawk - Stock Carb so, I've put about 600 miles on my Hawk and the whole time, top speed (even with the 17 tooth front sprocket mod) was around 52. Just realized today that the choke was in the middle position the whole time. DOH! I closed the choke and bam, 58mph on my GPS. Awesome, considering that I'm 6'4" tall and weigh 340! Only issue is that around half throttle there is a bit of surge / sputter. Crank the throttle just a bit more and it goes away, accelerates strongly. I checked and found no air leaks. Any ideas... not sure that I want to take on the mod with the Mikuni after reading posts here about the trouble getting them dialed in.
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