• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Amal Carb on Husky

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supermotodaz

Husqvarna
B Class
Just going through the motion of rebuilding a 1973 husky wr 450 and found its fitted with an Amal MK2 carb instead of the bing 54, i was going to replace the slide and needle and maybe a few other parts as there cheap and can obtain very easy, just wondered if anyone else has used this carb on there husky or would you think it was a better option to go for a Bing type.
Cheer,s
Daz
 
MK2 is a good carb,I have them on some of my Stormers. get a brass slide if you can, however Mikuni are the best
 
Thanks for your reply, i realise Mikuni are top choice for most but the race series here in the UK doesn,t allow them to be used, Amal are fairly cheap to purchase and readily available ,i just havn,t had experience with the Husky before and was unsure if an Amal would be a good choice, i,ll take your advice on the brass slide.
 
Not joined any club yet but reading the amca regs your right , it does state that the Mikuni issue is up to the organising club, so they left it open. Been advised that there strict at technical control.
 
If you ride at Bath you will have no trouble, also nearly all the other clubs are OK with a Mikuni, Maybe even the PRE65 Club but I advise checking with them first.
 
I have stayed with the Bings on both my huskies and my Bultaco.... I think they are great company Good Carbs with parts and technical information readily available ... I bought a '73 Honda Cr250 ElSinore and Because I could not get Jets for the original Keihin.. The seller (A Vintage Shop) gave me a NEW mikuni Carb. (I also ended up needing new custom made throttle cable)
I am having a heck of a time jetting it.. I called Mikuini to ask about jetting and was referred to Sudco.. Sudco were JERKS!...they told me to buy a New Carb from them and they would jet it for me..THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY JETTING ADVICE...I am talking to "tuning" shops on the West Coast, doing the jetting by sheeer trial & error now...IT SUCKS!!!
I can call Bing and they offer jetting & technical advice...over the phone.
I know that Mikuni has great machining and the carbs are well built...but I will take GREAT customer service over the great machining of the Mikuni ...any day!!! What good is a GREAT Carb if you cannot get it set up?... Better to have one that can be set up & running instead of 'chasing' plug readings, pilot jet throttle response, "light switch" top end....etc.. I would stay with the Bing and ..... $##&* the Mikuni!!!
 
I had a similar experience with Sudco. They used to give jetting specs over the phone, but now it seems they just want to be a distributor. Now- no specs, no advice and if you want to buy a jet you have to buy a pack of 10.
 
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