I've searched with not much luck. Has anyone fabbed an intake mani for a hobbit, camino or PAII that throws the carb into a better location ie outta the side and not buried in the bike. If so for the love of all thats rad post pics specs ect PLEASE!!!
Honda hobbit intake mani.
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If you want to run a 19mm carb, you can use a stock puch exhuast header. Mount the header to stock intake, then run a rubber tube to the carb outside of the frame.
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i have a zx50 intake at the shop we could give a try..gimmie a call tomorrow
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i made on for my hobbit with about 5-6" of aluminum 1' tubing and 1/4' plate mitered the tubing at about 60 degrees cant post pics out of town but could get some tis weekend.
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I used a 12mm Motobecane intake (stock) to connect the reed block to a 12/12 Dellorto (stock from a Vespa). Then, I cut the sidecover mount off.
The result is a carb that is easy to pull off the bike without removing the engine.
The result is also slooooow. PA50I with a 12/12...
Anyway, you could duplicate this project with bigger parts, and still nest the carburetor deep in the heart of your hobbit. A 14/14 is about the same size.
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Pretty much its all about a major amount of snorkel action and usually some taller rear shocks. The outcome ends up looking pretty goofy, and anytime you have a big long intake like that and maybe some turns, I wonder how much throttle response you are giving up.
There really is no good clean solution yet.
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i dont know what your guys's deal is.. this shit is BASIC moped tech at best.
jeremy already said it..
here is a 19mm dellorto on a puch header, with rubber coupler. my bike, years ago.
stock rear shocks. clean, easy, cheap, effective. ZERO change in throttle response. from carb to reed its seriously only like 4 inches.
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Honda hobbit intake mani.
mark as soon as you get something together give me a call and tell me the secrets.
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found this pic from an old forum, got the carb out on the side but not really clear how he is running it...
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He's got a reed block in there. I think there are a few that work/can be made to work with hobbits.
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^ travis is running the aftermarket ebay honda dio cage with a OKO carb.
same one i run.
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will that 4 petal dio plug right in and fit with any intake just like the stock reedcage/intake setup?
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if you cut a small amount of the top of the stock airbox out, and use the malossi e12 filter you can use the malossi 21mm phbg kit for hobbit. With the smaller filter and the airbox modified you can pull the carb on and off the bike without having to unbolt the shocks. I've also heard with the dio you have to get longer rear shocks, or else the frame has a tendency to contact the intake when the shocks compress.
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I made an SHA intake out of some copper plumbing repair pipe, some PVC, JB weld, and some rubber hose. I kinda wish I had known about the Puch header thing, but I searched and searched and couldn't find anything. Oh well. Make something up, it's fun!
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SHA on a hobbit is a massive downgrade.
JB Weld will become brittle and break eventually.
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The stock carb was an excellent decision on Honda's part. They dont usually do anything without a reason and tend to overbuild things when it comes to power increases and durability.
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