Re: HRC carb upgrade
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:40 am
I guess you really need to work out what you want if it's a roadbike as well.
Most decent race setups for these bikes won't use any sort of air filter, as soon as you start using a filter you'll be negating some of the benefits of ram air or hrc carb setups IMO. FWIW my race bike (full nc30 hrc carbs) would be fairly unrideable on the road, i.e. it doesn't like to sit at even revs and just wants to rev through.
Is it an option for you to change carb settings for race use? If so I would go for the rvf hrc carb setup. A Rick Oliver replica parts set and a replica hrc airbox lid would be a good start. Then you could always use some sort of filetr and slightly smaller jets for road use.
If you want ram air you can do nearly all of the carb mods yourself but you'll need a ram air box/snorkel and an electric fuel pump. Again, probably not something you would be wanting to use on the road.
I'm really happy with my nc30 hrc carb setup, it gives a good increase in power but probably more importantly it gives a lot better torque curve over an sort of standard setups. It keeps up no problems with the typical 650's here in Aus on the straights.
Just my 2c.
Most decent race setups for these bikes won't use any sort of air filter, as soon as you start using a filter you'll be negating some of the benefits of ram air or hrc carb setups IMO. FWIW my race bike (full nc30 hrc carbs) would be fairly unrideable on the road, i.e. it doesn't like to sit at even revs and just wants to rev through.
Is it an option for you to change carb settings for race use? If so I would go for the rvf hrc carb setup. A Rick Oliver replica parts set and a replica hrc airbox lid would be a good start. Then you could always use some sort of filetr and slightly smaller jets for road use.
If you want ram air you can do nearly all of the carb mods yourself but you'll need a ram air box/snorkel and an electric fuel pump. Again, probably not something you would be wanting to use on the road.
I'm really happy with my nc30 hrc carb setup, it gives a good increase in power but probably more importantly it gives a lot better torque curve over an sort of standard setups. It keeps up no problems with the typical 650's here in Aus on the straights.
Just my 2c.