A few Mikuni questions

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Now that I've had the Miks fitted to the yellow peril for a while, a few questions have come up: Firstly, is there any way to adjust the idle without taking the tank off, the adjuster knob faces upwards? Secondly, are the filter pods cleanable or do they require replacement when dirty.

Terry
 
G'day Terry

I was wondering what your problem is. I can reach the idle adjustment OK on my Jota.  Then it dawned on me that the Yellow Peril is an RGS with all that bodywork that would make access pretty difficult. Can you pop off a side cover and lift the back of the tank a bit to reach it? Or does that crazy filler neck on the tank stop you doing that?

Cam
 
I rhink you could tip it a bit with the filler neck but haven't tried.

Cam, we could design a servo motor with the controller on the handlebars so he can change the idle easily from there, wouldn't be hard? Could extend the functionality to that of a cruise control :)
 
That thought had actually occurred to me too Drikko. A kind of fly-by-wire idle adjustment.

The other thought I had was to bore a hole through the top and bottom of the tank in line with the adjuster, and weld in a tube so he can poke a screwdriver through the tank to adjust it.  :D
 
The Kehan Cv carbs on mine have a cable attached to the idle adjuster,about 250mm long so it clips into a bracket on the outside edge of the tank,adaptable to suit?Maybe on other 4 cylinder carb racks.Sounds like a good bodge to do.
 
Thanks for all 'suggestions' guys :D. As it happens, I had to come home early because the bore pump had a blow-out. Spent the last few hours going back and between my local irrigation emporium and home getting hoses fitting etc. Chose to do it all on the yellow peril and the funny thing is, the further I rode, the better it went :P. Happy chappy now but thanks anyway for all your 'inventive' suggestions LOL.
 
You need to relocate your knob to a more sensible position.  :D

You might be able to cobble together something like Vince's Keihin setup using an old speedo cable and a bit of ingenuity.
 
Perhaps some should relocate their knob somewhere between the Fleurio Peninsula and Kangaroo Island ;) ;)
 
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