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Fitting an air filter to a A7SS
« on: 07.11. 2012 11:50 »
Hello all,

That's the rebuilt engine in the bike and the whole thing is up and running. The bike, as standard, does not have an air filter fitted but for reasons of mechanical sympathy I screwed on one of those universal pancake type filters. This has obviously thrown the carburation right out. Above 30mph is like having full choke on. Have any of you good fellows fitted such a filter to a A7SS with a 376 carb and could give me good jet size/needle position etc. starting point.

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Gary

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Re: Fitting an air filter to a A7SS
« Reply #1 on: 08.11. 2012 10:13 »
Up two sizes on the main jet usually and down one notch for the needle
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Re: Fitting an air filter to a A7SS
« Reply #2 on: 08.11. 2012 11:42 »
Thanks for that but won't that make it run even richer? Did you mean down two sizes on the main jet and drop the needle a notch? I want fit a filter not remove one.

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Re: Fitting an air filter to a A7SS
« Reply #3 on: 08.11. 2012 12:32 »
I think it's maybe not that simple Gary but I'm no expert; the various bits you can alter, needle, jet, cutaway seem to have overlapping effects, there are those here who understand them better than I.
However if it's any help I found not a lot of difference with the pancake filter on, I would start with the standard carb settings without the filter and get up to running temp on the go try closing the air slide, it should run lumpy if it does fit the filter and do the same if the air slide makes less difference raise the needle one notch if you have to lift it more be careful it,s better running rich than lean especially a rebuilt engine, that's probably where Gary goes for a bigger main and dropping the needle, do you see the logic.
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