To fine tune this even better I found if you clamp the fuel line with a vise grips and by slowly loosening the grip you can get the precise fuel to air ratio, also saving fuel too while still giving more bhp because of the weight gained with the visegrips
@@IchibanMoto loving your ingenuity what about a roller squeeze type clamp such as you see in the hospitals coming from IV bags and or it's just a roller that pinches the hose and you can have that to where it's easy access just a thought I never thought about pinching the fuels
Man I genuinely am afraid for someone who will take this literally. So well delivered you are a legend and there are just enough valid principles here I’m sure somewhat has legit tried this
Ichiban Moto To be honest, and from my experience on youtube, the quality production of videos is not so important as many people would think. As a viewer, i like seeing different contents with interesting things/ interesting perspectives/ and amazing sence of humor like yours. :) Cheers my friend
out of 1527 views so far, I'll be willing to bet everything on that over 1000 of them have been factory motorcycle manufacturers, they're probably watching it over an over, to dial that in for not production models yet, their factory racing teams. So the mechanics can be on call instead of at the tracks, the riders can make those tuning adjustments as long as they too put the reference marks on the modifications. Good work Ichiban Moto!
Loved your sparkling solder system... I thought that was the most Bad Ass thing I seen in a while. Can't wait to try this out on my Suzuki ninja. It sure will run well with this bit of kit. Thank you once again Ichiban.... I don't know what I'd do without your amazing step by step videos. One big thumbs up to you once again sir...
I just used a Coke can, and squeeze the sides more to restrict airflow. If I need more air, I just squeeze the other way to open it up more. Mountain Dew works if you have a yellow bike; it's important to look cool.
Bad ass video. Very important information, especially for guys that live in Alaska. Good air flow is a must because as you all know, Alaska is moose country and moose dandruff tends to block air flow on all kinds of filters and radiators.
Like the scissors, hand drill, razor blade 😂 but seriously the cutting away the rubber inside the filter mount from blocking the intakes on carburetor is a great tip.
I shall remember that technique for silver soldering with sparklers. I've seen a video about welding with sparklers, now this! Who knew they were so versatile?
OMG I had to go back and look at that one...!!! I zoomed in and thats what it looked like to me too, what I noticed 1st was that all of his tools look like they have handles made from tree branches or a wooden broom handle...I wonder where I can buy a pair of those little sizzors he cut that bolt with ?
A motorcycle buddy of mine had his Yamaha modified and he said to head to a specialist to have the head ported. They are located in Florida. When he got the head back, they had suggestions. One of the suggestions was, to use the standard airbox and standard air filter. Because, the science that goes into designing airflow through a motorcycle airbox, is the same as science that goes into designing airplane wings…The factories have worked it out so that their motorcycles with their airbox will out perform a competition.. Air boxes are designed to have a velocity stack effect. Back in the pre-1980s, there was a free launch to be had by changing the exhaust / intake.. those easy performance gains are not easy today. The factory knows more than you do, and more than a lot of aftermarket accessory makers know.. I remember one month motorcyclist magazine tested 13 different aftermarket exhaust systems, for each of the top four 600 Japanese sport bikes. that is a hell of a lot of exhaust systems. Each company had to submit 4 exhaust systems, one each for the Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha sport bike. The results were surprising only two of the exhaust systems made more power than the standard exhaust, and that was only in the 200 to 400 RPM past redline range. The average horsepower loss with each exhaust system was 6 hp. One of the exhaust systems caused one of the bikes to lose 13 hp.. all of the aftermarket exhaust systems were lighter than the factory exhaust systems, and they were less expensive than a factory replacement. but the quality was not as good as the factory exhaust system, and some of them were actually poorly made, didn’t fit correctly, had less ground clearance, some of them made the motorcycles have hesitation just off idle.. some of the bikes good night maintain a steady cruising speed, and they developed surging and steady speeds on the interstates… each of the aftermarket exhaust systems was much louder than the standard exhaust system, giving the illusion of more power.. two of the machines were actually slow down in high speed tests with certain exhaust systems on them, when shifted from 50 into sixth gear. The motorcycles would actually go faster in fifth gear than in sixth gear because of the exhaust system change… The bottom line is, the factory knows more than you do. Leave your machine alone especially if it’s brand new, because you don’t want to void the warranty. Even if it’s out of warranty and you have problems, when you take it into the shop to have it corrected, they can’t find a baseline for all of the readings they should get, because the exhaust system has been changed, or the airbox, or the air filter, or the computer has been flashed. And if you have drivability issues, starting issues, surging, hesitation, how is a dealer mechanic supposed to correct things, when everything’s been changed. Where does he start? if you are a road racing, don’t start out with a bike that has been modified to death, don’t buy a used road racing machine that is a Frankenstein, the jumps out of gear, burns oil, and has been tossed down the track. You’ll never learn how to ride if you have to keep wrenching on some clapped out dinosaur. it’s going to take you a year at least to learn how to ride on a race track. If you survive the first couple years, and you find that you are always at 100% on the gas, and the bike just is too slow, don’t modify your bike, buy a faster bike.. races are one by the person who is best on the brakes, who set up the corner for the highest exit speed, the guy who makes the least mistakes, the guy here that has the correct suspension settings. Those are the modifications you concentrate on, leave the engine alone. The factory knows more than you do
Hey I just want to say this is an awesome video, you did a great job keep up the good work. The look of the carburetor afterwards is amazing. I would love to see a video of a custom air intake manifold.
love the edits i used a ball valve when i snorkeled my lt230e 1 1/2 pvc and a 3in hot rod filter but had to much air flow so i added a costly pvc valve but with a bit of a turn it runs perfect and if the filter is wet or dirty open it more
I cried laughing. Great welding technique and those little snippers are the best I have seen, must buy some. Great stuff, now I am off to re-jet my 1981 Katana 1100 using blue tac to stop the floats from moving once I have set them, otherwise they just leak. I tried putting the overflow tube back into the fuel cap but it kept falling out.
This is the bestest tunerage mod ever, well besides the custome tuner mod where you drill air holes right in your intake manifold between your engine and carb. I like to run the pod mod on full "close" and run as many air tuner holes in my intake manifold as possible. Must be 3.5mm holes in order for it to work. OH, these work really good in your exhuast so you can fully tune it too. Key "tuner" secret tricks of the trade.
total bullshit comment, air holes on the runners to the engine will cause no vaccuum to suck on the carby to then suck in petrol, you need a headcheck posting dogcrap advice mate~~~
HAHAHAHA ! You done good. Very good post. I have been trying to tell would be tuners this for years. Actually I never knew they were available over the counter, I just used to make them up on my own.
Really ))), the point of installing pod filters is to increase the air-flow=performance, in order to do that you have to adjust fuel...what you r doing is something I did when I was 12 years old with my scooter :).
Hi, brilliant video, just the help I was looking for. Although the pods I have on mine are the angled type so they have a small elbow, Upon checking, due to the curve of the elbow it looks like the rubber doesn’t cover the apertures like in your video. Or would I still benefit from marking and removing those pieces? Many thanks
Would be extra badass if you could attack a cable or string to the adjustment pivot control. You could attach that cable to some kind of control on the handle bar, a knob or dial, something to twist when you need more power and turn back when you need less power. Just a thought. Keep up the helpful videos!
I made my bike work perfect with pod filter by mounting the carb angled. my optimal setup was 82.667 degrees clockwise. I just needed longer fuel line to reach the valve on the tank after this adjustment.
I'm new to motorcycles and carburetors and when I saw that I had to "tune" my new pod filters to the carb I was like "fuck idk if I can do this. Let's see." Took me well over half the video to realize I'm a fool. Good laugh. Thanks.
Hi there Ichiban Motorcycle,thank you so much for your instructions on how to fit pod air filters, with a fab adjustable airflow valve (Coòl) Thank you friend😊😊😊
Wasn’t sure at first if I was getting punkd with the tool cuts at first but when I saw the sparkler I lost it😂😂😂 this variator for on tie go air fuel mix change could MAYBE work for someone who changes fuel ethanol for different tunes to race vs daily or I guess if someone was switching the same carb between two bikes just to pinpoint air fuel mix lol that all I could come up with love the video tho😂😂😂👍👍👍
I added those same markings to my HVAC system so I can tune my AC and heat for the corresponding seasons. You should mark yours for summer and winter. Maybe even altitude adjustments. 😅
The troll level of this video is phenomenal
"That's bad-ass"
There are a lot of café racer dudes with badly tuned engines who have been crying out for this video ! You did it again.
To fine tune this even better I found if you clamp the fuel line with a vise grips and by slowly loosening the grip you can get the precise fuel to air ratio, also saving fuel too while still giving more bhp because of the weight gained with the visegrips
now that's something i have to try !
@@IchibanMoto loving your ingenuity what about a roller squeeze type clamp such as you see in the hospitals coming from IV bags and or it's just a roller that pinches the hose and you can have that to where it's easy access just a thought I never thought about pinching the fuels
what about partially opening petcocks that replace the old vacuum type?
instead of vicegrips
Idk how i got here but this video from 3 years ago just made my day.
the rubber coupler trick completely fixed a bogging trouble I was having with a bike i purchased recently. huge thanks for showing this!
Besides being a great mechanic, this dude is subtly hilarious.
Man I genuinely am afraid for someone who will take this literally. So well delivered you are a legend and there are just enough valid principles here I’m sure somewhat has legit tried this
I have tried it. Not the giant washer trick, but restricting air flow in the pod. 😅. I think it works.
Hey man…..😅😅. Where do I get these lollipops? Hey that washer is blocking the passages you just cut away with your scalpel.
last time I put a shaft trough a lollipop I had to pay child support for 18 years
hahaha !
better than getting 18 years...
I just spit out my beer! XD
LMFAO, you just made me day!!!
🤣😢😂😢🤣😂😢🤣😂😢🤣😂😢🤣
You take precision to a whole new level it's beyond precise.
Every video is so technical, I have to re-watch a few times to let all that knowledge soak in.
I love your sense of humor. :) Very good. Cheers.
I don't have quality production talent like you ... so I might as well be silly :)
Ichiban Moto
To be honest, and from my experience on youtube, the quality production of videos is not so important as many people would think. As a viewer, i like seeing different contents with interesting things/ interesting perspectives/ and amazing sence of humor like yours. :) Cheers my friend
Your tools kill me every time lol
out of 1527 views so far, I'll be willing to bet everything on that over 1000 of them have been factory motorcycle manufacturers, they're probably watching it over an over, to dial that in for not production models yet, their factory racing teams. So the mechanics can be on call instead of at the tracks, the riders can make those tuning adjustments as long as they too put the reference marks on the modifications. Good work Ichiban Moto!
Loved your sparkling solder system... I thought that was the most Bad Ass thing I seen in a while. Can't wait to try this out on my Suzuki ninja. It sure will run well with this bit of kit. Thank you once again Ichiban.... I don't know what I'd do without your amazing step by step videos. One big thumbs up to you once again sir...
That silver solder technic is life saving!
Love you sense of humor. You information/reviews are good too.
I just used a Coke can, and squeeze the sides more to restrict airflow. If I need more air, I just squeeze the other way to open it up more. Mountain Dew works if you have a yellow bike; it's important to look cool.
It was great meeting you at the Nickeltown Customs booth at SEMA this year! Thanks for the stickers!!!!
You nailed it again! Great job.
That's one sharpe scissors! 😃
indesencible...
spencible...
LOL You said it before I could LangerDan!!! Here's your 5 Ichiban Moto stickers!!! :)
The guy has like no tools and only broken repaied tools 😏
fishsticks
And manages to do a better job than most people with fancy tools
Bad ass video. Very important information, especially for guys that live in Alaska. Good air flow is a must because as you all know, Alaska is moose country and moose dandruff tends to block air flow on all kinds of filters and radiators.
perfect timing! i'm going to install pod filters this weekend- it's like you have mind reading powers!!!
😂 I love your humor.. More videos please
Like the scissors, hand drill, razor blade 😂 but seriously the cutting away the rubber inside the filter mount from blocking the intakes on carburetor is a great tip.
So much gold in this video. Brilliant
I shall remember that technique for silver soldering with sparklers. I've seen a video about welding with sparklers, now this! Who knew they were so versatile?
Finally a vid about cone filters that makes sense. Thanks for sharing. Really. 👌
I like. Not up to tuning it myself yet.
Very informative. Thank you.
Man that silver soldering sparkler is badass!!!
Love the way you cut the bolt with a swiss scissor. LOL!
you need to watch more this old tony
the sparkler had me dying
OMG I had to go back and look at that one...!!! I zoomed in and thats what it looked like to me too, what I noticed 1st was that all of his tools look like they have handles made from tree branches or a wooden broom handle...I wonder where I can buy a pair of those little sizzors he cut that bolt with ?
looks to me like fake tools for the video. don't tell me he actually cut that bolt with those rinky dink scissors.
Hack saw most of the way through, scissors to shear the tiny slither of metal connecting it
A motorcycle buddy of mine had his Yamaha modified and he said to head to a specialist to have the head ported. They are located in Florida. When he got the head back, they had suggestions. One of the suggestions was, to use the standard airbox and standard air filter. Because, the science that goes into designing airflow through a motorcycle airbox, is the same as science that goes into designing airplane wings…The factories have worked it out so that their motorcycles with their airbox will out perform a competition.. Air boxes are designed to have a velocity stack effect. Back in the pre-1980s, there was a free launch to be had by changing the exhaust / intake.. those easy performance gains are not easy today. The factory knows more than you do, and more than a lot of aftermarket accessory makers know..
I remember one month motorcyclist magazine tested 13 different aftermarket exhaust systems, for each of the top four 600 Japanese sport bikes. that is a hell of a lot of exhaust systems. Each company had to submit 4 exhaust systems, one each for the Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha sport bike.
The results were surprising
only two of the exhaust systems made more power than the standard exhaust, and that was only in the 200 to 400 RPM past redline range.
The average horsepower loss with each exhaust system was 6 hp. One of the exhaust systems caused one of the bikes to lose 13 hp.. all of the aftermarket exhaust systems were lighter than the factory exhaust systems, and they were less expensive than a factory replacement. but the quality was not as good as the factory exhaust system, and some of them were actually poorly made, didn’t fit correctly, had less ground clearance, some of them made the motorcycles have hesitation just off idle.. some of the bikes good night maintain a steady cruising speed, and they developed surging and steady speeds on the interstates…
each of the aftermarket exhaust systems was much louder than the standard exhaust system, giving the illusion of more power.. two of the machines were actually slow down in high speed tests with certain exhaust systems on them, when shifted from 50 into sixth gear. The motorcycles would actually go faster in fifth gear than in sixth gear because of the exhaust system change…
The bottom line is, the factory knows more than you do. Leave your machine alone especially if it’s brand new, because you don’t want to void the warranty. Even if it’s out of warranty and you have problems, when you take it into the shop to have it corrected, they can’t find a baseline for all of the readings they should get, because the exhaust system has been changed, or the airbox, or the air filter, or the computer has been flashed. And if you have drivability issues, starting issues, surging, hesitation, how is a dealer mechanic supposed to correct things, when everything’s been changed. Where does he start?
if you are a road racing, don’t start out with a bike that has been modified to death, don’t buy a used road racing machine that is a Frankenstein, the jumps out of gear, burns oil, and has been tossed down the track. You’ll never learn how to ride if you have to keep wrenching on some clapped out dinosaur. it’s going to take you a year at least to learn how to ride on a race track. If you survive the first couple years, and you find that you are always at 100% on the gas, and the bike just is too slow, don’t modify your bike, buy a faster bike.. races are one by the person who is best on the brakes, who set up the corner for the highest exit speed, the guy who makes the least mistakes, the guy here that has the correct suspension settings. Those are the modifications you concentrate on, leave the engine alone. The factory knows more than you do
Cool story. Help me find a fully intact factory airbox system for my '78 GS1000. Thanks!
The sparklers welding technique is fantastic. Can you do a full video on it and show your technique?
oh, of course !
I lost it at the sparkler stick welding. hahahaha
That wasn't Magnesium Solder ??
thermite
AHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA...THERMITE?...almost made my piss my pants XD
Pod filters are badass, and have never caused any problems!
Oh my...that's just like a damper on a stove pipe! Great idea! Of course, I got a big laugh out of cutting off the bolt with those little scissors...
i banged my head rly hard until today when i found out that the rubber blocks the air inlets.. This video confirms. Cheers.
Truly a man of self-made!
Hey I just want to say this is an awesome video, you did a great job keep up the good work. The look of the carburetor afterwards is amazing. I would love to see a video of a custom air intake manifold.
love the edits i used a ball valve when i snorkeled my lt230e 1 1/2 pvc and a 3in hot rod filter but had to much air flow so i added a costly pvc valve but with a bit of a turn it runs perfect and if the filter is wet or dirty open it more
Absolutely excellent video. Worked beautifully for me. I hadn't used the silver solder electrodes before. They are amazing!!!
sure saves time
I really have to find this Nickel Town Customs place... sounds bad-ass.
They have fantastic parts and customer service I shop there all the time. They have a lifetime warranty on everything in stock.
The 1st time i see the video of this guy im amaze with the tools his using
Diamond in the dust. Awesome info I have never seen this anywhere all these years. Sweeeeeet👍
I was like What the hell is going on? 😂
I cried laughing. Great welding technique and those little snippers are the best I have seen, must buy some. Great stuff, now I am off to re-jet my 1981 Katana 1100 using blue tac to stop the floats from moving once I have set them, otherwise they just leak. I tried putting the overflow tube back into the fuel cap but it kept falling out.
Amazing sparkler welding I tryed it on tungsten but didnt do much do you use a special technique
This vid was bad ass.
Quick to the point to the point no faking
Cooking other channels like a lb of bacon.
This is the bestest tunerage mod ever, well besides the custome tuner mod where you drill air holes right in your intake manifold between your engine and carb. I like to run the pod mod on full "close" and run as many air tuner holes in my intake manifold as possible. Must be 3.5mm holes in order for it to work. OH, these work really good in your exhuast so you can fully tune it too. Key "tuner" secret tricks of the trade.
total bullshit comment, air holes on the runners to the engine will cause no vaccuum to suck on the carby to then suck in petrol, you need a headcheck posting dogcrap advice mate~~~
Laughed myself silly....awesome video! I'll bet some are actually trying this!
Hehehe....
My first visit. Thought for a moment you were serious.....the wet myself from laughter. Good stuff!
welcome Morten ! thanks for watching and sharing :D
You are a genius ! I just now understand that those cheap pod filters are blocking the vents that lift the diaphragms on my Seven fifty... Stupid me.
this is by far the bast video i watched all day today. :)
Hahahahaha thank you for making my day with cutting and soldering!
HAHAHAHA ! You done good. Very good post. I have been trying to tell would be tuners this for years. Actually I never knew they were available over the counter, I just used to make them up on my own.
It maybe old, but this is badass ! Legend 🙂
Really ))), the point of installing pod filters is to increase the air-flow=performance, in order to do that you have to adjust fuel...what you r doing is something I did when I was 12 years old with my scooter :).
Fabulous....I really must try the soldering technique used in this video
Hi, brilliant video, just the help I was looking for. Although the pods I have on mine are the angled type so they have a small elbow,
Upon checking, due to the curve of the elbow it looks like the rubber doesn’t cover the apertures like in your video. Or would I still benefit from marking and removing those pieces? Many thanks
Shot some soda through my nose watching this vid. You Sir, are hilarious! Plus, a very informational vid as well.
thank you YT algorithm for this dope random video
I stuck a pod on an FT 500 and it ran great !
I laff out loud at the tools alone ..... bad ass!
dude i really love your tools.....
jerex uaxis why thank you!
Cool! “snuff-or-nots” on both ends!
LOVE IT.... Ill send the vid to my students for training....
royalty free !
the joke is on you man,,I did that and it worked!!
You are hilarious and cool. Laughed my cheese on toast all over my laptop.
thats a really good idea!! i cant wait untill this weekend to make the exact same one..badass!!
love your tool kit bruv... subscribing. Cheers
Another great video, that setup will actually work very well
As of this point I think I'm just watching your videos for your custom tools lol.
Genius !! And your welding is outstanding !! :-)
Would be extra badass if you could attack a cable or string to the adjustment pivot control. You could attach that cable to some kind of control on the handle bar, a knob or dial, something to twist when you need more power and turn back when you need less power. Just a thought. Keep up the helpful videos!
Love your tools. Very informative
or you could just re-jet the carbs properly
noooooo buy a high flow airfilter and then restrict it with some washers *g*
Yup Why teach the wrong way....
maybe he jokes because he does not know the proper way to set up a carb.
ah, yea ....
i thought you might have run out of ideas and then you go out and do somthing like this.
and totally redeem yourself!
Now to make attachment cable to the handle bars, so you can adjust on the run.
maybe an old choke lever
OMG - I can't unsee this hackery... go away!
genius and badass as usual
Your scissors really kills me man, every time you bring it out. It's like PTSD in reverse.
very nice Ichiban!
The pocket knife scissors had me crackin up.
Amazing set of tools.
I made my bike work perfect with pod filter by mounting the carb angled. my optimal setup was 82.667 degrees clockwise. I just needed longer fuel line to reach the valve on the tank after this adjustment.
i call BULLSHIT
I'm new to motorcycles and carburetors and when I saw that I had to "tune" my new pod filters to the carb I was like "fuck idk if I can do this. Let's see." Took me well over half the video to realize I'm a fool. Good laugh. Thanks.
Hi there Ichiban Motorcycle,thank you so much for your instructions on how to fit pod air filters, with a fab adjustable airflow valve (Coòl) Thank you friend😊😊😊
Love the tools !
Can you please tell me the names of all the parts you used I'd love to do this !!
Pod filters looooooook so gooooood
LMAO, you always say that you gave them 5 out of 5 Ichiban Moto stickers and then you always drop in more than 5!
Wasn’t sure at first if I was getting punkd with the tool cuts at first but when I saw the sparkler I lost it😂😂😂 this variator for on tie go air fuel mix change could MAYBE work for someone who changes fuel ethanol for different tunes to race vs daily or I guess if someone was switching the same carb between two bikes just to pinpoint air fuel mix lol that all I could come up with love the video tho😂😂😂👍👍👍
I love your videos, better than watching the three stooges! Best pick-me-up for those rainy days......
thanks for watching and sharing !
when I saw that soldering technique... I immediately subscribed, belled, thumbed up. and died.
i like your tools sir badass
Very intuitive and interesting
I added those same markings to my HVAC system so I can tune my AC and heat for the corresponding seasons. You should mark yours for summer and winter. Maybe even altitude adjustments. 😅
The comedy of this video is actual gold
I friggin' love these informative videos... Bad ass 😀
Damn RUclips gave me this recommend video. I had to watch it with popcorn.
You are one of the kind :) Absolut awesome :D