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Originally posted by jmics19067
the mikuni slides you cant buy or is it the the needles you can't buy with any certainty of what they are.......I see just about everywhere you can buy the slides and needles for mikunis but the aftermarket needles never have anything close to the designation #s of the factories....
I went slide shopping yesterday for my Mikuni and it looked like the slides were readily available (and cheap!!) for most of thier carbs. The needles on the other hand...jmics19067, you are correct. These are only obtained from the dealer (in Honda's case anyway) and no one knows what the numbers mean, except for the last two which designation straight section diameter. I called numerous Honda dealers, Mikuni vendors, and even Mikuni corporate HQ (in search of a needle) and no one knows what the nomenclature means. In fact the common practice is to change the needle designations every year regardless if the needle changes or not. The aftermarket needles are grossly mismatched in comparrison to what the factory uses too.
On a side note, I couldn't even find Honda's phone number to call them...I guess they don't want to be bothered.