Carb icing?

[zxr_oli]

Receintly by bike has been running like a tractor, but it only happens when i leave work (10.30pm) after about 10 min of riding.
It is defo a fuel problem, so i was thinking it could be carb icing?
I have never experianced carb icing before so i just wanted to check

[zxr_oli]

Also, forgot to add, It runs like fine at say 2/3s + throttle.

[zimm]

could be carb icing.. does yours have carb heaters ? if not they do work, get some UK spec carbs and plumb them in.

other possibility is a knackered o-ring /float valve causing the carb(s) to flood a bit

[zxr_oli]

Havnt got carb heaters, as far as i'm aware.
Only happens at night, so wouldnt have thought it would be the floats.

[rene]

halfords do a thing called 'Dry Fuel' its ment to help with carb iceing. Never used it myself but others have said it works a treat might be worth giving ago for the sake of a £5

[zxr_oli]

Will give some of that a try.
Spose it would be difficult to fit carb heaters?

[zimm]

you'd need a set of uk (or other, but with the heaters) carbs (import ones dont have the passages for em) then some rubber pipe, and a couple of T pieces. so that you can plumb them in to the cooling system... its fairly simple.. done the same thing on Emma's ZX-4 as that suffered really badly a couple of winters back.

[RedexRobB]

Mines and import and has them

[zxr_oli]

Bought some Wynn's Dry Fuel.
It says empty entire contents into tank, but i assume this would be for a car? (325ml)
How much should i put it?

[zimm]

Mines and import and has them

some do, some dont, depends on the bikes intended market .. think german ones did .. also a lot of imports that came over in the early days got uk carbs fitted by the importer..

[RedexRobB]

Hmmm, always assumed it was imported from Japan, maybe not then. It had a KMH speedo but then i think most european countries have them. Guess ill never know....

[carsounds_dan]

is there a write up on how to fit the carb heaters? or where to "splice into" the cooling system?
mines got the carb-heaters fitted but theyre not plumbed up at all
cheers
dan

[masterofinsanity]

Hmmm, always assumed it was imported from Japan, maybe not then. ....

my bikes imported from france

[RedexRobB]

I think my 7R is from france, some of the writing on a badge on the frame appears to be french.

[carsounds_dan]

I think my 7R is from france, some of the writing on a badge on the frame appears to be french.

what makes you think that? does it translate to "surrender whenever possible"