its call tuning. give it what it wants and it will make you happy. go the other way and you might not like it. tatro

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Really?

every bike is different. start with what you have and tune from there. you can see how this one was very close to the correct jetting. tatro

its way cheaper and works very will too. tatro

@@TatroMachine I don’t think I’ve even seen the bike run idle yet but saw a half dozen videos of you trouble shooting or fiddling with those mikunis with out any positive results is why I asked. You are a hell of a good mechanic so if you say they’re better than stock I can’t argue with that.

yes

He loves to use them on ironheads.

@@vector6977 what model is that carb that he uses or does he use more than one model ? Does he have to make a intake manifold to use them ?

@@flhusa1 like a VM-38. They require an adapter to use your current intake.

they look the best. tatro

@@TatroMachine when I rebuilt my 75 flh thholes hots. cam was too worn to reuse. Unfortunately the original cam is no longer available from Harley or aftermarket. I ended buying a indexible cam and could never get the engine to run right. Would idle great and pulled strong at WOT. At mid throttle it would blubber if you gave more throttle. I finally put another cam in it and had the machine shop nest door from my work take the stock flh head pipe and weld up the crossover pipe for other side of bike and make it a 2 into 1. This made it rideable but nowhere the the get up and go it had with the other cam .The flh used a different cam than the plain FL model in that year. This was because they wanted a little more power to offset all the weight of the extras on a flh. If people only knew all things that affect the engine performance. I was getting reversion in the exhaust making the exhaust flow go backwards at different loads and rims. If you watch flat track racing on cable they all run 2 into one on all the twins. My flywheels shifted on my shovel causing bad vibrations before I rebuilt it. I had crank spun balanced when I rebuilt it. If you are cracking motor mounts on a shovel it's because you flywheels have shifted . Usually caused from too many holeshots.

and then what year bike is it. after i did get it started and adjusted everything it turned into a 1 kicker. try watching all the videos next time. i show all the crap i did wrong and correct. not just the highlights like most videoers do. tatro

@@TatroMachine I'm glad you got the old trundle iron going well and I admit, I watched all the videos that crop up on You Tube here in England. I find quite often that the full series cant be found, even if you search for it. The forks and headset casings are from a 1960 to '64 as the '58 & '59 had a chromed tin headlamp like older Harleys from the birth of the telescopic front forks. Your frame and rear end come from a pre 1958 Hydra Glide as '58 to '64 was the "Duo Glide and they all had rear suspension, (thus the name, Duo). All the same, a lovely bike and yes, they are all "old fart-boxes" but wonderfully so. My other knitting machines have embraced Norton and BSA flat head singles, pre war Royal Enfield 2 stroke, BMW R50 (a lovely bike, ran like a rolex watch!). My Harleys were a WLC, the an EL then another EL then a UH then a servicar and later another one: An flh Hydra Glide and an Electra Glide (AMF '78 1340cc) which I didn't like at all!! It looked wonderful, just like a big girls' Lambretta (as my Rocker chums taunted me: the engine ran well but the handling was crap and we never did manage to get it stable above 80mph. Also, after years of trick riding the ELs and the FL, the Electra was impossible to trick-ride. The Duo Glide now, is like a comfortable old armchair for a feeble old fart-box arse. We are well suited!!! I appreciated your videos and Mum, it reminded me of my own, running down the road in the snow to help me bump-start my 750 WLC in 1965!!!

I used to think that the Edelbrock Harley carb was awesome, then again, maybe it was the American flag on the side of it. Mikuni was the gold standard carburetor from the 1960's throughout the 1990's in almost every machine that isn't a harley. Even today, I find Mikuni carbs everywhere there isn't fuel injection.

Mikuni the best motorcycle carburetur.!! S&S for skinners, and for patriots 😊

No they’re not, you’re, OPINION, is biased.

I just put one on my 61 pan , then found the o rings only had 0.003 squeeze on them so would leak when engine hot.Had to use ball bearing trick on seat of fuel inlet valve.Where do you get the throttle cable set up.

@jbusta8548 You're so wrong dude,Mikuni HSR s are the very best of the best.