Bike Carbs on a 1.8 Clipper, help please.

Hello,

I am new here (great site by the way) and have just bought a 1990 Clipper with Ronal Turbos and a few other bits (pics to follow), but have unfortunately already found out that the standard carb is total S H I T E. I have read a thread on here about bike carbs fitted to a 1.3, but can this be done on a 1.8 clipper? If so which ones do I need to go for? It seems from the other thread that Bogg Bros can fabricate a manifold, but anyone know who could fit and set them up?

Any help or pointers in the right direction would be gratefully received.

Cheers,

Simon.

when i was looking into it, the manifold can be made for about 160ish, well for my engine anyway, and for 235 bogg brothers were going to strip clean rejet and supply all hoses to fit on ready, then they advise you to go and do a rolling road session with them wich is 60pounds
all i know at the minute, because i never actually got round to doing it, i just bought a gt engine with the carbs and manifolds all complete.

another5 place who makes manifolds is altis engineering 07890591618
havent got the number for bog brothers, they have a website search google for it.

simon

Thanks for the swift reply simon, so I will be able to fit R6 carbs to a 1.8 clipper if I get a custom Bogg Bros manifold made up?

Cheers,

Simon.

i would of thought so, not 110% sure though, best bet is to ring bogg bros and ask them, they are spot on and helpd me out when i phoned them, well helpfull and will point u in the right direction.

simon

Cheers bud, will give them a bell tomorrow, have seen some race R6 Carbs on ebay for ?50, which should be spot on  :wink:

Simon.

Couldnt resist the bargain, so I have bought them from ebay and crossed my fingers, will let you know what Bogg Bros say tomorrow.

S.

drunkencyclist said

Couldnt resist the bargain, so I have bought them from ebay and crossed my fingers, will let you know what Bogg Bros say tomorrow.

S.

 was going to say i have a spare set of r6 carbs but uve sorted your self out now, let us know what they say

simon

Will do, the ones I bought are race tuned and made 114bhp at the rear wheel on the R6, so should be good enough for a 1.8 clipper, hopefully?

Will keep you informed though, as if they fit it seems like a top mod!

will they be big enough for an 1800? if you were buying twin carbs they woulb be at least a 40 or 45 mm.

I am not sure, if they are re-jetted, they may be ok? I will let you know 100% either way tomorrow though.

Simon.

animal said

will they be big enough for an 1800? if you were buying twin carbs they woulb be at least a 40 or 45 mm.

Bike carbs don't tend to be that big. As long as the chokes are around 36 to 38mm, you should be OK.
The carbs I have are 38mm at their narrowest point.

Unfortunately, R6 carbs are no good for a 1.8 engine, I need R1 carbs apparently, but then they should be sweet and gain about 15 - 20bhp!

dammit i have an issue of ppc with all the different choke sizes and distance from port 2 port for various bikes lying here somewhere... if i find it ill put them up