Carb icing, it's that time of the year again...

[evoblade]

Originally Posted by johnpclynch

Well, here's the video...

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It gets bad around the 6 minute mark


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fair play for the video,its good to actually see these things happening
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[Big H]

Great piece of footage there alright - I bet the manufacturers have never seen anything like that themselves in real world driving conditions ! Apparently the boyos in Kawasaki denied that carb icing was even occuring....


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[chopper]

fecking great video there man

[johnpclynch]

Originally Posted by Big H

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I've been adding ProFST at 1%, they say 2% will solve the worst conditions
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I think I'll give ProFST another shot at twice the concentration
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PS: Here's part 2 where I almost stalled the engine

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[brianr6]

Originally Posted by johnpclynch

Bike runs crap in the mornings but great coming home in the evening.

I thought I'd have a closer look this morning and here's what I found!
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Besides Pro FST and replacing my carbs with injectors, what would be the best way to prevent this?

I was thinking of warming up the fuel as it enters the carbs
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mixture of deicer 1 part deicer to two parts coolant to one part water :)
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[Big H]

It doesn't be long clearing when you hit WOT though.......