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Vincent Comet Concentric Carb
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Thomas" data-source="post: 17355" data-attributes="member: 485"><p>Hello John, Sorry nobody seems to be talking to you, It's because it's been done a lot of late and no two Vins are the same,My comet is only a load of odds and bits and even has a rear cyl' head off of a twin with a lump of exhaust pipe for an inlet manifold !!. Settings depend on the state of tune, size of pistons, type of cams, type of exhaust, + lots of other things. thats what owning a Vin is all about!!, You will be playing with settings forever. The petrol you buy now has changed and some people, OK me, Have found it makes the bike run rich on the slide. Slides are cheap, I have took a file to make the cutaway bigger, ie weaker,Base settings,Pilot 30, Slide 3 1/2 to 4 , Needle 106, Main 220, Float height will affect it a lot as well !. There is a lot of info' on <a href="http://www.thevincent.com" target="_blank">www.thevincent.com</a>, Good luck Bill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Thomas, post: 17355, member: 485"] Hello John, Sorry nobody seems to be talking to you, It's because it's been done a lot of late and no two Vins are the same,My comet is only a load of odds and bits and even has a rear cyl' head off of a twin with a lump of exhaust pipe for an inlet manifold !!. Settings depend on the state of tune, size of pistons, type of cams, type of exhaust, + lots of other things. thats what owning a Vin is all about!!, You will be playing with settings forever. The petrol you buy now has changed and some people, OK me, Have found it makes the bike run rich on the slide. Slides are cheap, I have took a file to make the cutaway bigger, ie weaker,Base settings,Pilot 30, Slide 3 1/2 to 4 , Needle 106, Main 220, Float height will affect it a lot as well !. There is a lot of info' on [URL="http://www.thevincent.com"]www.thevincent.com[/URL], Good luck Bill. [/QUOTE]
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