Its a KAW LTD 440 beleive its an 1986. runs sick top end wise. but the stupid carbs are accelerator pump style and it takes forever for the bogg to run out.. once the boog is gone the sled will haul. it has twin pipes. and the crank seals are good. the sled has had this problem sence day one. any advice??
thanks chris

Kawasaki quit making sleds in 1982. Yours would be an 81 or 82 with pumps. check pilot jets.
I have a set of those carbs for sale if you need them, very little use, maybe 200 miles.

Don

I will take at the carbs.. the sled riggen rips but just takes a while to get past the bogg like 50-100feet. the vintage collector around here told me the carbs on those sleds allways sucked.

You can put a set of 36 or 38mm mikunis on that sled and use a throttle cable from an indy 500 and it will really bring that motor to life.

I bought several of those sleds brand new, I think 3 or 4 of them, anyhow, the only problem was in 1981, Kawaski had installed motor cycle gravity fed needles and seats , they recalled them for free replacement, I did many of the recalls back then for the local dealer, the carbs worked well with no bogging, the accelerator pumps made sure of that,--- clutching issues and plugged small pilot jets caused bogging.

Don

You might want to try a fresh primary spring as well. Make sure the secondary is working correctly. The porting on these motors were very aggressive and bottom end was not the word of the day, especially with improper clutching.. I have two ltd's and they are very sensitive to clutching. I'd check the compression as well. Look for 145 or better.