I talked to Kevin today also. He is sending me another carb with some slight modifications to my requests next week. He is excited about us being excited about the carbs. OH, Paul Gast didn't buy Lectron. Kevin told me and others that at the Indy trade show so nobody else would by the company before him. LOL.
My Mikuni is lined out pretty good. With 13:50 gearing an FMF gnarly and jetted crisp on VP110 it can be a handful at times. If the Lectron will get me some more range on a tank of fuel and smooth out the hit so I can ride with more control I'm all in. I like a crisp low end response in the woods, I just wish it was crisp and more linear like I'm hearing the 125-165 is with the Lectron.
Mine runs good MOST of the time. I just want to have a nice crisp clean response from low to mid and not having to adjust the jetting mid-ride to achieve it.I hate returning to the truck and having to make adjustments during almost every ride! I think the lectron will deliver much better over-all performance!
I'm gonna have to stop hanging out here with all of you bad influences.... I see all these sweet mods talked about. I am lucky and get to try a few out when Kelly is testing, and I hold out as long as I can. I avoid threads because I don't want to spend more money. I never once looked at the APT thread until after I test rode Kelly's bike with it. Then over time, I think about them more and more... Then I finally break down and jump on board with the rest of you. Same thing happened with the 165 kit.
It might help to tell yourself that you are stimulating the economy and it will come back around to you, or you only live once, life is too short etc-etc. Just find something that works to get you through the initial pain, because you know you will be getting one of these carbs. If you get it sooner rather than later you will get many more smiles.
Maybe I missed it. But is there a Lectron suitable for the 4 strokes. Not in the market at the moment, but it sounds like the perfect carb for future consideration.
No the quick silver used to be that carb. A meter rod carb with a accelerator pump. I don't think you can buy those any more. Rumor is APT is working on a 4 stroke carb.
Funny you say that,my keihin with RB mods runs just great for me,can't imagine getting more with a Lectron but I'll probably get one anyway.
There are lots of good running carbs out there. This is just another one. I do find the metering rod carbs a step forward for me and my use. Love the instant throttle response and lugging power and overall crispness. As I said before, far from a necessity but also a nice upgrade IMHO like a good pipe or EFI tuner is.
You don't need a Accelerator pump. I had the Quiksilver with and without. I believe I liked the non ac pump model better. I even backed way off the AC pump on mine. The AC pump model got worse milage and in tight woods it was especially tricky as the throttle reponse was too quick and you lost traction and a caused me a few times to bounce off trees. Not so bad after I decreased the pump but if I do that when why did I need one to begin with ? These were mounted on modified XR250 (315cc) and XR400 (441cc). I don't think there would be a problem mounting a Lectron on a 4 stroke. I bet Kevin already has recomendations for them. Don't go too big on the carb size to keep throttle response up. Remember a Lectron will flow at least like a 2mm bigger Keihin or Mikuni and perform more like FI.
Having a well tuned Lectron will be like having fuel injection without the complexity. Lectrons are indeed altitude compensating. There are racers using them that tune at near sea level and go to Denver (6000ft ASL) with no changes to carb. How is that ?
