GleasmJA Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 What are the pro's and con's of running one versus the other?? I see that most everyone is running keihin carbs, and was wondering what the big diffrence is?? Why aren't there some mikuni carbs mixed in the bunch? I'm going to upgrade here soon and have been looking at prices on egay and can pick up a pair of keihins for around $300, compared to Mikunis for less then $100. So why aren't there more mikuni carbs being run?? Thanks for the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleasmJA Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 No one has any input about this!!!! You all just run kehin carbs because that's the cool thing to do?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White97Banshee Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 People say Keihin are the way to go mostly for ease of tuning but I personally prefer mikuni. I run stock carbs right now but if I upgrade I'm going with a larger set of mikuni carbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickisGod Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 i run keihin, i guess what sold me was the idea of the airstriker having built in velocity splitters. i dont think mikuni offers a carb like this and if they did it be hard to see a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREAKSHOW Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 No one has any input about this!!!! You all just run kehin carbs because that's the cool thing to do?? I have ran both. PWK 28 and stock . The pwk's hit harder but the stock carbs seem to be a smoother power. I like the stock carbs better for me, but if I had to put money on it the PWK's build more power. I have herd from many people and found out myself when jetting the PWK's it is verry dificult to jet out the slight bog on the bottom end. I am verry picky about my throttle responce though. Many people also say they don't notice it. Just my .02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbanshee8 Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 I run a set of Mikuni 34mm Flatslides, and I've always ran Mikuni's. I had a bunch of Mikuni jets, and I didn't care to switch brands, only to have to buy all new jets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheesandrider Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 I have ran both. PWK 28 and stock . The pwk's hit harder but the stock carbs seem to be a smoother power. I like the stock carbs better for me, but if I had to put money on it the PWK's build more power. I have herd from many people and found out myself when jetting the PWK's it is verry dificult to jet out the slight bog on the bottom end. I am verry picky about my throttle responce though. Many people also say they don't notice it. Just my .02 Stock carbs are only 26mm unless they have been bored out, so that accounts for part of the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREAKSHOW Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Stock carbs are only 26mm unless they have been bored out, so that accounts for part of the difference. Yep. That is true, I was just stateing what I have done. Trying to help a guy out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 the keihins are very popular for their ease of tuning. they are very simple to get dialed in and if youre having some issues, chances are that someone here has your exact same setup and carbs. the stock mikunis work great and will outflow a stock motor easily. when its time to go bigger though, i feel the best bang for the buck lies with the keihins. it seems that most builders feel this way too as most will recommend keihin over mikuni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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