I got a video of Chinese air strikers on a cb350. I choose them because they were cheap and I had no carbs, they run well , I jetted rich and ring it out to about 70mph. I lost bottom end but hey the carbs are massive.
At 1/3 to 1/4 and up, the cost of OEM parts, the aftermarket knockoff parts are often the way to go. I can understand the problem with the slides on carburetor you are talking about. The price and quality on the Internet (Amazon, etc.), is often difficult to beat for cheaper parts when you can use them.
As 'AdamNicholas' said below v knock-offs are fine If you can jet them to fit your motorcycle. I had to modify my emulsifying tube to get the float of work. Besides that < there's not much to make spending $300+ for a supposed genuine Keihin worthwhile IMO.
I have ran a few, had to drill the main emulation tube to Keihin size and the fuel inlet as well! And when working on banshees it twice the problems to deal with! Had to run all keihin tuning parts including needles. They just aren’t worth the hassle and issues, put a genuine carb on and they tune out perfectly without fuss! Time is also worth money! LOL as a sidenote I’ve also had slides not fit at all and screw caps not fit at all as an interchange. Even had one set of carburetors that came with removable emulsion tubes, like a mikuni, super bizarre, and the emulation tube also extended up into the carburetor body, And effectively leaned out the mixture! I am done dealing with these! Would never buy again! Like some people have said they have gotten good ones, they work fine but if you have a deal with problems or potentially burn up a motor. $150 savings is now gone!
It also depends on the application, something lower hp, or not a crazy demand on the fuel delivery will probably be fine. I still don’t like that they are selling them aas genuine, and the price has gone way up on them
@@TepcoCycleRepair got one in the mail today slide on mine looks fine, only issue was sone burrs on some of the ports and bottom of float bowl, have yet to test it as im wating on headgaskets, should be better than the stock gx200 carburetor either way haha
No, normally 2 strokes just have the spring or I should say, carbs that have the mixture screw on the air box side don't have an o-ring/washer. If the mixture screw is on the intake manifold side, like many 4 strokes, it will have an o-ring/washer.
@@TepcoCycleRepair a see mines is a pwm 38 and it has an oring and washer I have purchased one of I believe to be Chinese sudco pwk 38 on amazon and noticed it didn't have the oring or washer
I like how they take the slides and throw them in a huge bin during manufacturing, zero F's at that factory probably, although it most certainly a terrible workplace.
My TMX works really well. I liked it better than the Keihin. You have to do the o-ring fixes to the TMX or it will run rich. I have a video about it as well.
Oh got it. It's not a normally replaced part in the PWK it needs to be pulled and pressed back in. I would use a q-tip and polish, and polish the crap out of it. I use valve laping compound for bad ones and semichrome Jewelers polish for all others.
