Valk jetting

[F6Ghostrider VRCC #32501]

Happy 4th all. Be safe today and remember to bring your animals inside tonite.
My only affiliation to PITA is my wife says i am a pain in the ass. Ha Ha.

Anyway, my 99 Standard Tourer has 149K miles and I'm sure she's ready for some carb & intake o-ring service due to some chronic problems I think are related to the carbs and o-rings. I've read the posts and have tried searching, but I get too frustrated with so many posts. I know the o-rings I need I'll be getting from Red-Eye, but where is everyone getting their 38 slow jets? Is it best to go through Direct-Line for instance.

Any help, as always is appreciated.

Jeff.

[BonS]

Many get'em here. Genuine Keihin or equivalent: your choice.

http://www.jetsrus.com/a_jet_kit_street/honda_1500_valkyrie.htm

[wingrider02]

Has anyone had any complaints with the equivalent jets vs the Genuine?  Thinking of going with the 38's myself, and just learning more about them.

[Patrick]

Some folks also get them at Sudco.com

[98valk]

no reason to replace slow jets. just open up the idle mixture screws up to 4 turns as needed.
unless u have done air box and exhaust mods no need for 38s.
educate yourself on basic carb tuning got to www.factorypro.com tech section they have the best basic carb tuning out there, make sure u use the one for lower rpm engines like ours.
u will see that 38s are not needed.

[BonS]

The logic of going with 38's is simply that the hole is bigger so it doesn't clog up as easily. With 38's you have to dial in the air bleed screws to 1.5-1.75 turns. Either will work as long as the air bleed screw is capable of giving you the mixture you want. I'm happier with a slightly richer idle as it gives me a more reliable take-off with less chance of stalling. Since going with 38's I haven't had clogging issues as I did with the 35's.

[98valk]

The logic of going with 38's is simply that the hole is bigger so it doesn't clog up as easily. With 38's you have to dial in the air bleed screws to 1.5-1.75 turns. Either will work as long as the air bleed screw is capable of giving you the mixture you want. I'm happier with a slightly richer idle as it gives me a more reliable take-off with less chance of stalling. Since going with 38's I haven't had clogging issues as I did with the 35's.

with the clogging issues I bet u/anybody is more vigilant with ones carb cleaner/fuel conditioner of choice there-by thinking the miniscule increase in hole diameter of a larger PJ has reduced clogging. emotional engineering at its best!

[3W-lonerider]

Ca i think your barking up the wrong tree on this one.
the gas in my area has gotten so bad that it's almost worthless if it sits for more than a month.
on several ocassions i've had #35 slow jets plug up in less than a week of sitting and this was after replacing all 6 of them at one time. bike sat for 3 weeks and  a couple of them were already plugged up.
switching to 38's my bike has sat all winter from nov. till middle of april for the last 4 years and i have yet to have another slow jet plug up.
it might not be that much difference as far as hole size but it made a big difference for me.
i no longer have to redo the carbs every spring.
i agree theres alot of bikes set for long periods of time that have no problems. but mine was a constant problem if it sat for any period of time.
before you think that i never used stabilizer in the fuel. i did, also put in a whole bottle of tectron before parking it for the winter.
my bike sits in a heated shed maintained at 65 degrees and it also gets started at least once a month for 10 minutes.
i work at a big rentle company that rents everything from weed eaters to 150 foot boom lifts to doosan big track hoes.
we're constanly working on the older carburated equipment because it won't even start.
drain the tank put fresh gas in and amazing it fires right up and runs fine.
i hate this friggen ethenol gas. but then again as long as they make it i have steady work. just don't wanna be working on my own stuff constantly.
last year i bought a brand new honda weed eater 4-stroke. could'nt get that thing to run right to save my rear till i bought some of that gas in a can made for small engines, now it runs just fine. but would'nt run on corn gas.

[BonS]

with the clogging issues I bet u/anybody is more vigilant with ones carb cleaner/fuel conditioner of choice there-by thinking the miniscule increase in hole diameter of a larger PJ has reduced clogging. emotional engineering at its best!

I'm going to stick with the facts. The 38 jet is almost 20% larger in area than the 35. I'll take what I can get when I'm not compromising anything to get it and they cost exactly the same.

Hey 3W, I gotta' say that I love the small carbs with externally removable jets. It sure makes life easier.

[quexpress]

with the clogging issues I bet u/anybody is more vigilant with ones carb cleaner/fuel conditioner of choice there-by thinking the miniscule increase in hole diameter of a larger PJ has reduced clogging. emotional engineering at its best!

I'm going to stick with the facts. The 38 jet is almost 20% larger in area than the 35. I'll take what I can get when I'm not compromising anything to get it and they cost exactly the same.

I'm with BonS ... and others with 38 jets.
Although I took good care of my carbs, because of bad gasoline, etc. they clogged up.
Approximately 6 or 7 years ago, I installed the 38 slow jets and the Valk has been purring since. 

[F6Ghostrider VRCC #32501]

Wow. I didn't mean to open a can of worms or any old wounds. ???
Just for the record, I ride 65 miles round trip 5-6 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Granted, I live in Central CA and our weather is pretty decent year round. It's only down for a few days every year and a half for tire R&R. So, my girl does not sit unattended  for any extended period of time. I'm a firm believer that if it's not on the road, it's rotting.