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Damn. I read this far too late. However, another needle may do the trick until the four new ones I've ordered arrived - chances are, if one's that worn, all of them are.
Mine's the Yank model - what's yours Dave - USA, Canada or Aussie?
As for the needle jets themselves, what do they cost for replacement?
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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E06 model, never really worked out where that was for. kph speedo. There were some Italian ones too I believe. NZ dumping ground of the world. Made them cheap though. My needles were no where that worn, just rubbed on the sides. Bought factory ones.
I bought some tubes from Factory http://factorypro.com for erm, maybe $20US each, Thing to watch for too is the plastic inserts that the slides run on wear. You can hook them out of the carbs once the bottom of the tubes are freed, nothing difficult. But they seem to wear more on the left hand side. Marc from Factory told me has seen this too. Built up mine with araldite, seemed to work ok but not had chance to ride it long enough to strip it apart to check if still ok.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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And you guessed it, the manual doesn't have the carb specs for the E-06 model.
My carbs use 5DV3 jet needles. What needles have you got spare? Your's probably won't be the same. All the Euro bikes seem to use 112.5 main jets, mine has 120s. I would imagine the jet needles would be a different size to compensate.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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erm, refer the bit about the boxes. I know the container they are in & I think I know the box. . .
The tube I have on my desk is marked 195K
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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Originally Posted by F5 Dave
You know Dave, this got me thinking. So I've grabbed the Suzuki RF900R Service Manual and had a look under General Information.
Here's the country or Area codes:
E-02 England
E-03 USA (except California)
E-04 France
E-15 Finland
E-16 Norway
E-17 Sweden
E-18 Switzerland
E-21 Belgium
E-22 Germany
E-24 Australia
E-25 Netherlands
E-28 Canada
E-33 California (USA)
E-34 Italy
E-39 Austria
E-53 Spain
(E-15, 16 and 17 countries are included in E-22)
(E-21 and 53 countries are included in E-34)
so you've got me a bit confused because according to Suzuki, there ain't no E-06 model.
As far as I know, the only models that hit NZ were E-24, E-03 and E-28. But I'm not Suzuki dealer.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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Pass, it's just a sticker on the headstock. Maybe it is the default & there is another somewhere, actually I think my friends muffler was stamped E06 & his is MPH speedo & faster (a tiny bit) than mine (cams I think).
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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Well, I pulled the other needles out yesterday, and they've all got exactly the same amount of wear. Looks like I got to it just in time.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Boo. How long are the new needles away?
If you need my ones I will probably have found them by sunday.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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Ten miserable bikeless fucking days, minimum.
My only shining lights at present (apart from your offer to borrow your old needles) are that I get to pillion in on the Father-in-laws bike, I have the latest episode in the Dune series to read on the train on the way home, and Pete at WMCC has offered to let me test bikes in the meantime.
And Gini fell over in the shower and stuffed her shoulder so I've spent the last two days at home looking after her and the kids.
I'm turning into a sad miserable old git. At least there's still my guitars...
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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