550f 069a needle position

[DomP]

As much as I've searched I can't find an answer to which slot the needle clip should be in as stock, they are currently at no2 from top.

[deltarider]

That's correct.

[DomP]

That's correct.

Perfect!  Let rebuilding commence

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

How many slots are there, iirc it's usually the middle position.

[deltarider]

All Honda documents I have seen, agree on the 2^nd from top for the CB550F.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

All Honda documents I have seen, agree on the 2^nd from top for the CB550F.

So how many clip positions are there on your CB550 is it only four or are there five like on my 400 & presumably on my 500?

You have stated there are five on the CB500 like mine is the 550 different?

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=109137.0

[deltarider]

Mine is a CB500 so five. Have a look at my overview for the rest.

[DomP]

Five slots on the needle of 069a carbs

[deltarider]

Both the 272304 (K models) as the 273004 needle (F models) are supposed to have 5 slots.

[DomP]

Not sure how much this clarifieus but on my cb550f all needles were set to 2nd slot and didn't appear to have ever been tempered with.

[deltarider]

Not sure how much this clarifieus but on my cb550f all needles were set to 2nd slot and didn't appear to have ever been tempered with.

Back then, nobody did, nor would they 'adjust' the floattangs.

[Oddjob]

You clearly never went racing DR, to get maximum performance you were altering the needles, jets etc for almost every meeting due to track requirements.