Anyone know what thes carb needles are from?

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Anyone know what thes carb needles are from?

Post by Yakama » Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:16 pm

Bought a complete set of every HRC NC30 needles from japan but the box also cane with these:

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The letters on the needles are N79B, with the N being half the size of the other letter but higher up, anyone know what they are from?

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Post by Cammo » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:18 am

I think they're an aftermarket needle that was offered for the nc30.

Mike has the dimensions of these listed along with some other nc30 needles on his site (old info - a lot more info out there now):

http://www.akhara.com/nc30/nc30manuals/ ... grams1.pdf
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Re: Anyone know what thes carb needles are from?

Post by Yakama » Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:33 am

Cheers for that will have a look

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Re: Anyone know what thes carb needles are from?

Post by Martin » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:58 pm

FI International. I have a set and they seem to work very well although if you use then on the lowest clip they foul on the spring of the needle holder in the slide. I had to file the top off so there were 2 less grooves and they're fine now. No need to do this unless you're running an HRC setup.
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Post by Yakama » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:32 pm

Hi Martin,

Not so sure they are FI needles. I have some and they look like this:

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Note the stubby end not pointed like the other ones, also they dont have any letters on them

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Re: Anyone know what thes carb needles are from?

Post by Martin » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:57 pm

That's weird because I bought mine new from them in a kit along with some jets and they look exactly the same as the first pictures that you posted :? Are you sure the set you think are FI are definitely for the NC30 and not another bike?
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Post by Yakama » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:39 pm

Got them from Billing and he said they were FI, maybe they arent then not sure

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Post by BillingCBR » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:59 pm

I was told they were FI, they were certainly NC30 though, they came from a set of modded carbs (2 holes in the slides, cut down velo stacks, 124 mains etc)
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