Re: New chopper, new problem

Posted by seestheday on Jan 06, 2014; 5:49pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/New-chopper-new-problem-tp4047941p4047999.html

I'd go with what Shiney and TOOLS said first.

Are you running cheap EMGO pods there, or are those the K&N ones?  Cheap pods can cover one of the air ports on the back of the carbs and make the bike run super lean.

There is a really good thread on dotheton/caferacer about why you shouldn't run cheap pods.

Honda RSC has an instruction manual on how to set up the CV carbs on the CB900F to run velocity stacks on a bored out 900F engine.  If you really need to run pods and get maximum performance I think you'd have to go down that route and do some experimenting with your pods and stock 750 engine.  It requires some significant mods to the carbs though, including completely blocking one of the jets, and making the other one huge.  You'd also end up with what effectively a WOT tuned race bike.  Not ideal for just cruising around town.

If you're cool with a slight performance drop then you should be able to get pods to work.  They do look pretty awesome on your sweet choppa.