alternative carb

[MarkN]

Greetings-
A couple of weeks ago, I went down to a local motorcycle shop, and
asked if they had any carbs about the same size as the one off of
my '71 N600. They took a look at the old one, reached into a drawer
of new ones, and came out with a carb. The guy said, "I think it's
for a Suzuki GN400."
I'm still tuning it in, but it's pretty close to perfect. I drilled
the main jet out to .062, raised the needle and raised the float
level 1mm.
I used a clamp on foam type air filter, directly to the carb. A few
mods to the throttle and the choke cables got them hooked up.
A highly recommended mod if you can't seem to get that old POS dialed
in.
-Miles Elledge

[Steve]

Hey Miles,
How much was the new carb and does it have an accelerator pump? Is it
a Mikuni or other?
I used to run a Honda CB450 carb on one of my N600's. I also ran 2
carbs off a Honda CB360 on another N600. I made a 2 into 1 manifold
for them and it worked pretty well, wouldn't get up to top speed
though.
Miles

[Joseph Corsinita]

In a message dated 7/25/04 12:49:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, elledge@... writes:

> Greetings-
> A couple of weeks ago, I went down to a local motorcycle shop, and
> asked if they had any carbs about the same size as the one off of
> my '71 N600. They took a look at the old one, reached into a drawer
> of new ones, and came out with a carb. The guy said, "I think it's
> for a Suzuki GN400."
> I'm still tuning it in, but it's pretty close to perfect. I drilled
> the main jet out to .062, raised the needle and raised the float
> level 1mm.
> I used a clamp on foam type air filter, directly to the carb. A few
> mods to the throttle and the choke cables got them hooked up.
> A highly recommended mod if you can't seem to get that old POS dialed
> in.
> -Miles Elledge

  Hi Miles
 Were are the pics of this carb. Did you take before and after pic of the work you
did to ti?
      Jose

[MarkN]

The carb I found is a Mikuni, doesn't have an accellerator pump
(works great though), cost about $100 inc. tax and a filter.
I put some pictures of it in the folder called "Miles E's photos"
fun fun fun
-Miles

[eholman]

Miles,
What kind of jetting and needle settings did you use on the CB450 carb?
Miles Chappell wrote:
(snip)

> I used to run a Honda CB450 carb on one of my N600's. I also ran 2
> carbs off a Honda CB360 on another N600. I made a 2 into 1 manifold
> for them and it worked pretty well, wouldn't get up to top speed
> though.
> Miles

[Steve]

I don't really remember, that was 20 years ago! I probably just used
the stock jets.
Miles

--- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
, eholman@c... wrote:
> Miles,
> What kind of jetting and needle settings did you use on the CB450
carb?
> Miles Chappell wrote:
> (snip)
> > I used to run a Honda CB450 carb on one of my N600's. I also ran 2
> > carbs off a Honda CB360 on another N600. I made a 2 into 1
manifold
> > for them and it worked pretty well, wouldn't get up to top speed
> > though.
> > Miles

[eholman]

Miles,
I guess I find out then. I'm fitting one up to a TN350 pickup that I
have. The original was so gunked up that repeated carb cleaner baths
haven't done the job. To say nothing of the corrosion of the body
itself.
Thanks!
Ellis
Miles Chappell wrote:

> I don't really remember, that was 20 years ago! I probably just used
> the stock jets.
> Miles