Thanks! Anand and hope this thread finds its former glory soon.

Does anyone know the jet sizes of the carbs on our bikes?

Thing is... I have sourced an old T'bird carb (a BS 26) and I want to put it on my FX. I know the jet sizes differ so will take out those for the T'bird and put in the ones that are required for a Fiero. I'm leaving my original stock carb alone and won't be opening that one.

If anything else required for this job, then let me know.

If i remember correctly,the pilot jet is 12.5 and the main jet is for sure 97.5
I don't know the jet-needle and needle jet numbers.Why take the trouble of finding these,when you have a stock carb with you? So just replace the new carb jets with the stock carb jets.Provided that you can find the main jet,it'd be tough to find the right jet-needle and needle jet.Otherwise you won't be able to get the right performance with the jets of the t-bird with the stock main.

@Dinesh
Looking forward to posts from you as well.

Is it just me, or the bajaj carb really is bad ?
I've been cleaning it every month now, at times it even leaks petrol like the old one used to.
After opening it up and closing again things work fine.

I wish i wouldn't have bought it...

Either the Petrol is bad or you got a lemon

I am hoping its not the petrol, I use the same bunk to feed my new bike...
BTW did I tell you all about my new bike ???

No you haven't shared about your new bike

Nano you had been away far too long to even remember what you said and DID NOT.....

I am soo sorry, I've been far away from the Internet recently, not only this forum.
I promise I'll be more active here from now on.
Its like I almost lost touch of soo many things, lets make this tread reach its former glory again...

I've got something that I wanted to have from a very long time, but I still take care of the fiero the way I always have.
The more I ride anything else, the better Fiero feels.
This new bike has not made even the slightest difference in the love that I have for the fiero...

Maybe it proves that you can still love your faithful wife, no matter how bad you've been to her, even after having affair with a new hot and sexy girlfriend at the same time...

Let the pictures do the talking...




PS:- I tried uploading the pictures the old fashioned way, as part of text but for some reason the new xbhp avatar isn't allowing me to do so...

Nano, Congrats on your new sexy girl friend.

Congrats,....You got yourself a great bike....

Ok since the topic mechanical watch has come into the picture,bought my self a TISSOT PRS 516 automatic

Is this your first?or do you own other mechanical watches?Nice watch bro,i'm waiting for a seiko diver,Let's see if it materializes.

@Nanotech
Congratulations buddy,it's a real screamer!More details as to how,when and where please!

Well add to the list i have two Seiko Kinetics and an ol HMT Suraj,belongs to my dad which he hardly uses hence its with me now

congos buddy.

@ bprags

Thanks a lot, and congrats to you as well for the Ninja 650...

@ PSR

Thanks a lot sir, it is indeed a nice bike.

@ Rakesh

My dad has exactly same watch with blue dial and the metal strap.
he doesn't let me touch it though...
Thanks you for your wishes.

@ Gix

Thanks a lot gix, well yes its a nice bike, its dead weight under 6k rpm, but from 9k to 12k it feels like a rocket, and the sound is the best part...
With my body weight it really quick, in just third gear it touches 125~130.

How and what and when ???

Well its a long story, really really long.
To cut to the chase, I had finalized KTM 200 duke, R15 V2.0 and CBR 250R ABS
As I had ridden the R15 on the race track, I really didn't find it as good as I expected it to be.
And the CBR was too soft and mellow, also the most expensive so it was my last option.

After almost a month, I decided to buy the KTM, infact I almost bought it, had gone to the showroom with the booking amount and everything was finalized.
I had selected the model with all the accessories, the sticker job one, was 10k more than the standard cost and the sales guy was promising 7 day delivery.
Out of the blue he asked me if I wanted a test ride.
The time I had on the saddle of the KTM, reminded me the time I had on the Kari Motor Speedway aboard the R15 and it raised my eyebrows.
It was again not as good as I expected it to be.

I was never a fan of bike which rev high, it always felt that these bikes lacked pure grunt to bring a shiver down the spine and the gearing was soo short that it was really not something which pleased me.
It felt more like an RX100, a bit more firm with better brakes and hi tech looks.

Then it all came down to the CBR, as it was expensive, it was my last option.
I was getting a non abs model for 1.78L.
Having test rode one, it felt that there was something seriously wrong with the brakes, a bike which is as fast as CBR should be bought with ABS only.
ABS one was for 2L flat
Which was 60k more expensive than the KTM.

But somewhere down the line, I was never satisfied because it was a compromise anyhow.
I saw an Ad of a used 09 ninja going for 2L, i called the seller but it was sold, suddenly something crossed my mind, I wanted to ride the Ninja as a reference for all these bikes to decide which one really is worth buying, as the fiero experience wasn't enough to judge the current generation of hi-tech bikes.

Then started the hunt of good used bikes with and without after-market kits just for the sake of riding it.
But when I did ride the Ninja, it was very very close to what I was looking for.
My heart was set on it, and then started the search of a good used ninja so that I could save as much money as I can.

Finally after almost a month of riding and seeing dozens of bikes, got one in immaculate condition and I decided to buy.
Its a bone stock bike, with 9100 kms on the odo and very very detailed service history.
But I still love the fiero a teeny weeny more that the Ninja.

+ve's of the kwacker

Power
Sound
Handling
Brakes

-ve's of the kwacker

Height (i scrape it everyday at-least twice)
Suspension (too damn hard, the lowest preload setting is still quite high for my weight so it feels like there's no spring at the back, I've had major tank-slappers 3~4 times already)
Comfort (one of the worst bike's I've ever ridden thanks to the suspension, but somehow your body gets used to it and feels alight)
Tyres (Kawasaki could have done way better, they slide everywhere, its like a dog wagging its tail when you brake hard, also when your hard on the throttle at lower gears even on normal roads)
Last but not the least, I want to crate a sign board to fix over my helmet saying that "THE HEADLIGHT IS ON AND I KNOW IT"