Carb Icing?

[Howitzer]

I remember from a while back that a few Kawasakis had this problem more than others, is the ZXR750 affected at all?

Dave!

[rsv gone!]

I think it was that vintage that was affected.

[podman]

I think you right, all carb'd bike can suffer it but I remember it being Kawaski that fitted carb heaters to their GPZ900 first..

[RemaL]

you can get silkolene additive that helps provent carb icing

have a look on there website

[Howitzer]

Cheers guys, i'll be doing my first road miles during winter so wanted to be prepared.

Help, as always, much appreciated.

Dave!

[Mad Dave]

My '99 ZX7R suffered from it really badly. Silkolene Pro FST worked wonders.

[RemaL]

Mad Dave said:

Silkolene Pro FST worked wonders.

thats the stuff

[duckspeed8]

i had a 97 GSX-R 600 , used to ice up real bad and stall after a short motorway run to work in the winter months ( 10 miles or so ) , would have to stand and wait for a minute or so for engine heat to sort the carbs out ,
found out it was due to the ram air ducts forcing cold air in , popped a couple of bits of foam in the front fairing ram air inlets and hey presto , no more problems , ran fine , took them out when the weather improved.