Hi, I'm going through my 81' Interstate this year. I've never had it on the road except to ride it home.I looked at Progressive's site for new springs and I saw cartridge emulaters. Has anyone used them and does it make a difference? I'm going to put springs and seals in the forks and figure the time to add the emulater would be at the same time. Next question; I just finished cleaning and rebuilding my carbs using Randakks kit. On the last carb I cleaned the idle jet was plugged solid and cleaner and air wouldn't clean it. Ended up using Littlebeaver's method of pulling it with an easyout so I could clean it. Fortunately it worked. I did check the other carb passages when I cleaned them and they all passed fluid thru the idle jet circuit. Now I'm wondering if I should go back and pull the other 3 idlejets so they can be cleaned as thoroughly as the one I had to pull before I put the rack on the bike. Your insights and opinions on this are greatly appreciated, Steve.
Race Tech cartridge emulators; anyone using them? Idle jet question
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Passing gas through the jet isn't enough, it needs to be enough metered fuel so you should go back in and do the other 3 and make sure every one of the holes and the hole thru the center is completely clear.
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I don't see any listing for 81 Goldwing cartridge emulaters on the PS website; could you post a link?
What is an emulater?
I'm a moron. I can't post a link to progressive because that's the wrong site( sorry ). I was on the Race Tech site. The part number for the cartridge fork emulator is FEGVS3801 ($169.99). If you press "More" on the upper RH corner of their home page and click on "suspension bible " you can read about how this product works. Sorry about the confusion.
Guys who have the Racetech emulators claim they help. I just don't know enough to comment on them, but have considered it a worthwhile addition. I didn't realize they made them for Goldwings. If they're like the Magnas, they require a little machine work.
dan filipi":wo7j7xfp said:
I passed gas in a jet once...it was more than enough!
I was on that jet!! That was way more than enough.
Happy to say I wasn't on that jet. I 'll be using my day off now to pull the other jets. Thanks for the advice.
I have used a welding tip cleaner to clean out jets before and it worked well. They are basically a tiny wire file. You can get one with several sizes at sears for less than tool set with several sizes for less than $10.
I'll check that out. I have something similar to that but it's too big so I stole an insulin syringe from my cat to help clean the passages. This works out for me as I've been too busy to finish the project. Thanks, Steve.
i use micro bits in right size #80 i think .035 and small string on guitar is .035 to it lworks good for me
