'Odd' barrels ?
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'Odd' barrels ?
Evening guys 'n' girls...
as you know i am turning a ratty kr1 into a show bike (hopefully.. ),and have completely stripped the bike to its components,it was sorting the garage and moving parts around that i noticed a difference on the inlet ports of the 2 barrels....when side by side,is this usual or do i have 2 barrels in different states of 'tune'?.....attached a couple of pics,let me know what you think guys...
.........Dave....
as you know i am turning a ratty kr1 into a show bike (hopefully.. ),and have completely stripped the bike to its components,it was sorting the garage and moving parts around that i noticed a difference on the inlet ports of the 2 barrels....when side by side,is this usual or do i have 2 barrels in different states of 'tune'?.....attached a couple of pics,let me know what you think guys...
.........Dave....
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The RHS barrel in the photo has been tuned. The lugs on the inlet side are shaped to direct the flow of gasses into the transfer ports.
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It shouldn't be a problem, but you really want to have a matched set of barrels if at all possiable.
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This seems to be quite common with KRs we often get people popping up on here with either 1 S barel on a 1 or even 1 lined and 1 plated, probably got something to do with the fact you can pick a KR up really cheap, then when you find you have to fix it you don't want to spend more than the bike is worth!
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if the work is only mild ie flowing lugs/knifegdeing ect then you could do it yourself with a b of patience, wd40 and dremel with quality dremel bits. easy job really, does'nt require a degree in maths/science/physics like more serious tuning just a steady hand, im sure you could pull it off dave, been airbrush artist should have no problems.
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im away between 10th-15th june but you can bring em over if you want, dont mind matching em up for ya, although there's probably very little diffrence on the road its still nice to know there nice n even. if you decide to ave a bash i reccomend wd40 or similar as it gives a nicer cut, also hold rotary tool so that if it bites resulting in a nasty scrawk it goe's away from the plating. there are some proper porting/jewlery tools on the net that rotate in both directions but a bit overkill on external/easy accsesable areas. think you will manage fine, jkust dont get carried away!