DCC Presents: A Guide to Mikuni Carbs

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With almost 100 years in the game, Japanese firm Mikuni is one of the industry leaders in carburetion. From aircraft parts to the coveted carbs that many of you speedfreaks crave for your vintage Japanese bikes, Mikuni carbs seem to combine air and fuel like a beautiful mechanically orchestrated symphony. Today I want to talk about the reasons why Mikuni’s are so popular, how to identify what Mikuni carbs you have, and a little about the different models that we offer here at Dime City. Due to all the variables and to keep the scope of this video focused, we’re not going to get into the specifics of tuning carbs in this video. Trust me, there are many factors that come into play when tuning any carb. With application, temperature, humidity, elevation, modifications it’s a tricky subject and you should spend some time researching how you should calibrate your carbs for your unique set up and location. To help you along your way we carry Sudco’s excellent 5th edition Mikuni tuning manual and even include a copy in our complete Mikuni kits because we care. Without a decent knowledge base it can seem like half science and half black magic.
First things first, let’s help you ID the carbs that came with that basket case you picked up over the weekend. Its tough to get parts or replacements if you’re not even sure what you have. It’s fairly simple to check if you have a Mikuni carb, as they are generally marked directly on the carb itself. Start by looking at the top view of the float chamber cover, the cover gasket of the float chamber or the jet chamber cover gasket. In one of these spots, you should be able to find the Mikuni wordmark. Let’s say the last joker who owned that vintage stallion shoved a cheap copycat carb in there just to get it running, but you’re ready to upgrade reliability and performance. Mikuni offers different models of carbs to suit your application. Here at Dime City we offer the crazy popular VM round slide models, the TM flat slide and race inspired RS models. These model designations end in a number, like VM30 or RS34. These numbers represent the different bore sizes in mm. To find out what size carb you need, measure the opening of the body on the engine intake ports. That will equal the model number you need. For example if your intake ports measure 32mm you’ll need a Mikuni VM32.

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