|
Post by jefflthomas on May 29, 2007 16:36:58 GMT
when i picked up my GPZ in '82 i took it for a spin. temp was -19C. bike worked a lot better than i did!! is it a liability thing, a damp thing or what?
|
|
|
Post by BADGER on May 29, 2007 18:41:42 GMT
Pardon me for asking...... but Iam not too sure what your asking
|
|
|
Post by Les on May 29, 2007 18:42:46 GMT
when i picked up my GPZ in '82 i took it for a spin. temp was -19C. bike worked a lot better than i did!! is it a liability thing, a damp thing or what? [glow=red,2,300]man you gotta stop smokin whatever it is you are smokin[/glow]
|
|
|
Post by keithd on May 29, 2007 18:54:50 GMT
I think he's on about the carb de icers we have over here, he asked what it was in a different thread. The first bike I remember them being on was the GPz900.
|
|
|
Post by floog on May 29, 2007 18:58:44 GMT
I think he's on about the carb de icers we have over here, he asked what it was in a different thread. The first bike I remember them being on was the GPz900. My two new GT550 and 750's back in 1991 had to have them retro fitted free of charge just after I bought them, because Kawasaki finally admitted there was a problem with carb icing
|
|
|
Post by Les on May 29, 2007 19:03:48 GMT
I think he's on about the carb de icers we have over here, he asked what it was in a different thread. The first bike I remember them being on was the GPz900. Ah the light dawneth, :idea: its all to do with damp, ie standard british weather cold , ie standard british weather the two mixing at they get sucked throught the throttle bodies causing a build up of ice which choked the air flow, during the spring and autum carb icing is one of the major causes of miscellaneous car breakdowns.
|
|
|
Post by jefflthomas on May 30, 2007 0:54:11 GMT
i knew you guys would guys would figure out my query as a lot of you are my age (homo-pre-central heating-sapiens). i kinda figured that was why but there are places in north america with similar weather conditions (west coast of british columbia floog?) & we don't have them or seem to need them. hell they're a pretty recent innovation on snowmobiles. that's why i asked about liability. was someone injured or worse because his carbs froze up and it rattled the manufacturers? did a desk jockey at the ministry of transport want them? do you guys think you need them? i would have thought you'd be body surfing on the black ice before they'd be needed. just curious.
|
|
|
Post by floog on May 30, 2007 8:06:45 GMT
Body surfing indeed To say that carb icers were needed on my GT's would be something of an understatement Jeff Brand new bikes and on coldish mornings with a chill in the air, the bike would grind to a halt on the British roads after a couple of miles You'd have to pull over and wait and try again. Fuel additives were rare in those days, and not as advanced as the modern day wonders Once fitted, I never had another problem with either bike. Nineties tests always mentioned Kawasaki's carb icing problems, so they felt compelled to act Where my brood live, in Sidney, it's so much milder than here in Blighty, British damp/dank/cold is somehow different
|
|
|
Post by jefflthomas on May 30, 2007 12:45:47 GMT
gracias. now it all makes sense. that raw feeling in my chest when i'm in wales during the cooler months is a build up of ice choking MY airflow !!!
|
|
|
Post by lightspeed on May 30, 2007 16:05:14 GMT
Jeff,
By the time it gets cold enough to cause carb icing (given the relative "lack" of humidity round here) my bike is safely put up in the garage for the winter. I've ridden in some pretty frigid temps here but never experienced any carb icing problems - gotta be related to that unique UK environment!!!
|
|
|
Post by Renegade on May 31, 2007 19:28:33 GMT
when i'm in wales during the cooler months is a build up of ice choking MY airflow !!! Now they all know we've got another Welshman here
|
|