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740 carb review also known as DFT DFTA weber
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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 139337" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>ok ..took awhile but i finally got to road test hooch with the new carb top and idle orifice outlet block mod ... on the 24-25 dft carb with primary throttle plate hole modded in it...well everything was a total success it seems ...first indication was the instant start up ..although temp was 50 degrees and like paradise on a winter day...it took nothing to get it to run on its own ...less than a minute ..2 at the most ... so got dressed up and went for ride ....idle like it like to do it ... once down drive and on gravel road bike showed lots of power with the 1200 gearing idle can get crazy in a hurry ..seems to pull like tractor at pretty good clip.... any way down to corner and up the hill i knew it was better for sure ,, primary barrel kicks butt up the hill for immediate slow down ....ok motor to the hiway ... wait for some good space and took off ...im always measured in first gear but with secondary kicking in hard it hit 8000 quick shifted gears somewhere above that and second gear broke the back tire loose ..good power transfer and grab back and bike was gone again ...hit the next gear to but not long things were getting fast with no signs of let up....once i backed off hooch eent right back to running great down low and at idle .. cruised down the big hill and learned there was no back firing going on smooth perfect sound ....once down in the bottom i got close to the next hill and decided go up in almost idle position and 4th gear ..sheesh it hardly pulled down at all .. i was amazed at this .. its a rather long kill hill and didnt balk at all ...once i got home to deaded driveway ..it was a complete show of idle power....oh and one last thing it did not smell gassy at all ...smelled clean actually </p><p></p><p>to say im pleased is a understatment ... it is funny how things go ... if anything now it would seem the low rpm is the best spot ... :shock: it will take more riding than i did today to fully grasp all this ....</p><p></p><p> but i am liking it .. :BigGrin:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 139337, member: 98"] ok ..took awhile but i finally got to road test hooch with the new carb top and idle orifice outlet block mod ... on the 24-25 dft carb with primary throttle plate hole modded in it...well everything was a total success it seems ...first indication was the instant start up ..although temp was 50 degrees and like paradise on a winter day...it took nothing to get it to run on its own ...less than a minute ..2 at the most ... so got dressed up and went for ride ....idle like it like to do it ... once down drive and on gravel road bike showed lots of power with the 1200 gearing idle can get crazy in a hurry ..seems to pull like tractor at pretty good clip.... any way down to corner and up the hill i knew it was better for sure ,, primary barrel kicks butt up the hill for immediate slow down ....ok motor to the hiway ... wait for some good space and took off ...im always measured in first gear but with secondary kicking in hard it hit 8000 quick shifted gears somewhere above that and second gear broke the back tire loose ..good power transfer and grab back and bike was gone again ...hit the next gear to but not long things were getting fast with no signs of let up....once i backed off hooch eent right back to running great down low and at idle .. cruised down the big hill and learned there was no back firing going on smooth perfect sound ....once down in the bottom i got close to the next hill and decided go up in almost idle position and 4th gear ..sheesh it hardly pulled down at all .. i was amazed at this .. its a rather long kill hill and didnt balk at all ...once i got home to deaded driveway ..it was a complete show of idle power....oh and one last thing it did not smell gassy at all ...smelled clean actually to say im pleased is a understatment ... it is funny how things go ... if anything now it would seem the low rpm is the best spot ... :shock: it will take more riding than i did today to fully grasp all this .... but i am liking it .. :BigGrin: [/QUOTE]
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