Hey how's it going guys. I have some questions for those of you who know about reed valve systems on these bikes, particularly this one I just acquired, which is the DIO cylinder reed valve assembly. I bought this pretty much on an impulse while buying parts to rebuild an old motor bottom end I have laying around. Just playing with it, I have fallen in love with its design. However, I am a little irritated of the fact that I can hardly find any instructions anywhere on these.
So, now that it is assembled, I'm wondering what I have to do before I can put it on a bike and use it to get results out of it. I have read that in order for a reed valve to work, you need some sort of piston modification to let in more air, such as a window piston. I am thinking about trying to make my own windowed piston. Shall I go for it, or just buy one, or not even bother and just use the piston the way it is? How much of a difference does it really make? Can I just throw it on and go, and notice a difference in ride? Also, the intake hose for the carb on this is HUGE. Even rigging something to make it fit the performance carb I have will still look ridiculous, I think I need a new carb for this. will rigging something to use my much smaller aftermarket carb be sufficient, or will it be too restrictive in flow where I should just get a new carb?
Anything I'm not thinking of? This is all new territory for me...
So, now that it is assembled, I'm wondering what I have to do before I can put it on a bike and use it to get results out of it. I have read that in order for a reed valve to work, you need some sort of piston modification to let in more air, such as a window piston. I am thinking about trying to make my own windowed piston. Shall I go for it, or just buy one, or not even bother and just use the piston the way it is? How much of a difference does it really make? Can I just throw it on and go, and notice a difference in ride? Also, the intake hose for the carb on this is HUGE. Even rigging something to make it fit the performance carb I have will still look ridiculous, I think I need a new carb for this. will rigging something to use my much smaller aftermarket carb be sufficient, or will it be too restrictive in flow where I should just get a new carb?
Anything I'm not thinking of? This is all new territory for me...