pilot

Here is a very interesting story about one of America's heroes, an AAF WW II P-51 Mustang pilot who flew recon during the Battle of the Bulge, among other missions. My uncle flew P-38's doing the same thing at the same time...

Do anyone know where from I can purchase rubber plugs for pilot mixture screw holes? Or do anyone know if iI can use some other manufacturers rubber plugs

For those of you who like aircraft of the Second World War, and mid-century aviation, here is a picture of my uncle and godfather in the cockpit of his F5-A (P-38) AAF camera plane. After the war, he was a civil engineer, as was his younger brother. Here's more P-38 info...

how can I clean the pilot jet without removing the carbs, will the shotgun or pea shooter do it?

So, I just ordered a new set of tires for my Max. Got over 10,000 on this set of Michelin Pilot Road 2's, they were 110/80/18 front and 170/60/17 rear. Granted I don't do extended burnouts, so my rear tire wears really evenly with the front. And there is still quite a bit of tread left, but the...

Hello, I was adjusting the pilots crews for VMax, today I found that one of the screw was missing from carburetor, what kind of damage can this cause? If pilot screw is missing is it running lean or rich? /Jonas

Looked but could not find a How To Adjust A/F pilot screw. Does anyone know where in the tech area or how to area I could find a pictorial and verbage on how to adjust it. Got a new one installed in carb 3 and would like to adjust it properly for idle mixture. Thanks.

I thought I read once a post or a thread, but I can't, for the life of me, find it. I know if you tighten the mixture screws down until lightly sitted, the bike should start stumbling. What would it mean if none of my mixture screws have this effect and how do you fix it?

Hello, What is a "pilot jack" and where is it located? What does it mean when someone has said, "your pilot jack needs to be removed for cleaning...that's why low rpm is not smooth"?

Hey guys. I have been riding the VMax since March of this year, after buying the bike in January. Bike has run very well, starts great, excellent power. I have noticed some drivability issues in the pilot circuit that have become markedly worse as the temperatures have climbing above 90*...

I have looked exhaustively for any info on Mikuni pilot jets and all I can get are thread pitch and overall length but I NEED the dimension of the hole of the respective jets. Can anyone give me those dimensions? I need the I.D. of a #40 and a #42.5. I have all of the necessary equipment to...

Check out this dutch roll, hats off to the pilot for bringing it back down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uWFL24vLPA

So i am starting to think i should have just left these carbs alone.... Anyhow i was tearing down the carbs today to do a very good cleaning and i cannot get the pilot screw of of carb 3. All the other ones came right out but this one felt stripped from the begining like somebody preivously...

Hi, I`ve been busy setting up my Vmax. After syncing the carbs, it was time for the pilot screws. I set them at a preset value of 2.5 turns out and started the bike and drove it around until it was warm. Then I started to find the setting at which the engine runs the highest RPM at idle, which...

My MAX came to me wearing a 2.5 inch competition kerker baffle. I recently switched in a 2 inch kerker baffle, in an obvious effort to cut down the roar. It's no longer obnoxious loud, in terms of neighbors ears. It seems that I will need to re tune a bit to compensate for the exhaust change...

I'm trying to adjust carbs, and I'm wondering what setting I should start with for the pilot screws. I just had them cleaned and installed new pilots, and I don't know where they were at before cleaning them. Any suggestions?

This might seem a little strange or might be old hat to some of you but... I have been tuning the carbs and went for a nice long ride today with Mark's A/F meter ziptied to my bike, shhh dont tell him, and was running 13-13.5:1 while crusing down the highway. Thought to myself, self, this here...

Hi folks: Why does my idle sound and speed not change at ALL when I screw in the pilot screws ALL THE WAY on carbs for cylinders 1 and 3? I thought that doing this would mean no fuel going to cylinders 1 or 3? When I do the same for carbs 2 and 4, the idle sound and speed drops, though...

I was wondering if anyone knows what the threads per inch are for the pilot air jet screw. The threads in one of my carbs got mess up a little while I was working a stuck screw out and I just need to clean them up a little before trying to put the new one in. Thanks

I did the "shotgun" procedure today..... Does anyone have an affordable source for the pilot screw sets? I'm seeing retail prices between $13-$16 per x4. My slides are questionable also and those are going for $88-$102. Any suggestions?? Thanks.