Monster Carb

A small package arrived on the front porch this afternoon, while we were off picking up key project items (book shelf, salad bowls, and new shoe baskets) from Ikea. It contained a brand spankin' new Mikuni VM24. That's right, 24mm, or about the size of my big toe.

Compared with the 16mm carb that came on the C110, and the 13mm carb that comes on the C100, this VM24 is indeed a monster.

VM24 uses a 48mm bolt spacing "hot side" flange


A simple hose connection will be used on the inlet side


I've already mocked-up an intake manifold to get the positioning of the carb correct, in relation to the engine and intake connection on the frame. The net step is to actually fabricate the flanges for both ends, and create the center pipe, which will be both tapered and bent in a 70-degree smooth arc.

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