I made my reeds for my vforce 2 w/ other questions

[Robert]

Yup, if some of you remember back when I posted a pic of a poorly maintained reed cage that needed attention, well, I finally fixed it.

I have the vforce 2 reeds in this bike and I got my hands on some carbon sheets for reeds for the rebuild. It's as easy as cake, just outline, cut, dremel your holes and smooth the edges-install. I have pics too! I also eliminated the center cut on the reeds and sanded the cage flat again with 400 grit wet sandpaper. Crappy cell phone pics and then the phone died before I put it all together. you get the idea...

this is how the cage looked before

Outline the old onto the new

Side by side after smoothing the edges and before the holes

Holes drilled with dremel

I also rebuilt the carb using a 30 pilot, 290 main and the clip on the new needle is in the #2 position from top. it has the lid removed, k&n filter and a pro circuit 340 exhaust.

After I got the stuff put together I couldn't figure out for the life of me why the brake switch has to be pulled out in order for this to start....WTF..oh yeah, IT STARTED!!!!

I also snapped the adjuster screw on the TORS....can I just RTV the hole and unplug it forever? Thank you to everyone in advance who read all my stuff.

 

[slickerthanyou]

NICE! Care to hook a fellow blasty bro up with a set?

 

[Robert]

it's possible. do you have a cage w/ old reeds to send so I can make them?

 

[royalt67]

Hey Robert. You can just unplug that ebrake switch and never have to worry about it again. (stupid safety feature)

It would be money well spent to get rid of that TORS box entirely with an elimination kit.

 

[Robert]

I took care of the ebrake switch with a crimp connector. I'll also look into an elimination kit. thanks!!

 

[2stroke4ever]

cool idea, your own reeds, thickness=tunability=coolness........... just a thought for all you tuners out there

 

[FLOTEK]

not all carbon fiber material is equal ..thicker reeds have less response and require more velocity to open ,also a weak carbon reed can shatter with too much pressure .on your petal you dont have a cutaway gap dow n the center between the openings like the oem deltas ,that will definitly change the response and time duration it opens and closes i would just buy replacements they are only like 45 dollars is it really worth it ? just dont be surprised if the material is possibly less dense or more brittle /weaker (youll never know by looking or touching them) and they eventually shatter and suck up into your motor at high rpm ,trust me that is something that can destroy an engine quick!...just something to think about

 

[OConnor Racing]

My thoughts exactly! Most of the reed manufactures use proprietary materials and processes during production. Simply not worth the chance. I'll give you credit for trying it but would hate to see what happens if they fail. You can see that the two materials are different weaves in one of your pics.