Sounds good Frogger, where did you get the Lectron from amd how did you order it? Just asked for a Lectron for a 300 EXC? Or more specific?

 

did you get stung for import??

 

See through float

Glad it's worked out.

 

I bought direct from Lectron. Emailed them, explained what model bike I have and they put a recommended package together.

38mm Mikuni replacement $385
Vortex Throttle $27
Vortex Cable $35
Metering rod tool $15
Shipping $85 – to UK

Thanks to all the Brexit voters it now works out nearly £100 more than before.

Yes, got stung for import duty as well but wasn't so bad.

Jeff Slavens also does a complete package.

 

Well once we are out of the customs union protection racket things should be cheaper from the states.

 

How did an 8% drop in the pound against the dollar add £100 to the price?

 

Something to bear in mind is that the Duty and VAT are calculated after the currency exchange. So apart from the parts and shipping costing more (pounds) the Duty and VAT also cost more (and is charged on shipping).

Shortly before brexit something that was $145 incl shipping became £100 + £3.75 duty + £20.75 VAT = £124.75.

Now, that $145 cost becomes £112 + £4.2 duty + £23.24 VAT = £139.44

Parts imported from the USA are presently about 12% more expensive than they were just before the vote.

On the carb - I've heard a lot of good stuff about the Smart Carb too. The billet ones are pretty expensive but there is supposed to be a cast one soon (maybe even available now).

 

My order was for more than the carb, sorry not to be specific Hubert. Seeing as you might have been part of the reason why it will be costing all of us more money why don't you work out the carb part for me me Hubert. It's obviously important to you. Don't forget to add the inflated import duty due to the poorer conversion rate as well. Cheers bud.

 

I'm simply questioning the maths, bud, not the politics.

To add £100 to the price it would have had to have cost £1,150.00 before the 8% drop in the pound. On the carb price of $385 that's a difference of $30.80 or about £23.00.

 

I have a 36mm Lectron fitted to my 2013 300, I had to cut the boot rubber but that was no big deal. Like you I have found it to be a great carb, no fiddling with jets or anything like that. I think that I leaned off the needle 1/4 of a turn, in fact I went as far as 3/4 before it started to to go a little flat at the bottom end. You could try 1/4 of a turn to see if that cleans up the exhaust a bit. As the carb makes the power delivery so smooth I fitted the red spring about 1 turn from flush, I've fitted a FMF Gnarly too, the bike is a bit of an animal on the lanes but its good fun!

 

I have one om my Beta and it's awesome,the other thing that will impress you is the fuel consumption,it will sip fuel.i did a 3.5 hour race last week at Rowlands castle and probably didn't use 3 litres.

 

How many laps did you do....

 

I love the fact that the float bowl overflow feeds back into the carb. No fuel loss!

 

, be interesting to compare lap times as I sat on me bum in the pits for a while with a mate who's 310 wouldn't start( plus I was Fuked after 1st 2 laps,i need to start slow and build rather than trying to ride fast and forgetting to breathe

 

whats your name CTD ,mine is Darren Smith, be interesting to compare lap times as I sat on me bum in the pits for a while with a mate who's 310 wouldn't start( plus I was Fuked after 1st 2 laps,i need to start slow and build rather than trying to ride fast and forgetting to breathe

I was number 111 in the over 50's B class.
I just plod around at a steady/slow pace for the whole race. I was totally knackered afterwards.....

 

I've just come back from 2 weeks in the Caribbean where everything was charged in US$. Me and my son did $1200 of scuba diving, etc. I am still hurting now from the terrible exchange rate.

Back to the Lectron, it's freakin awesome!

 

did you have the mikuni properly jetted before the swap? or was it nearly right?

 

I had the Mikuni very VERY close. I was on KTM450yeah's settings, the bike felt great, I continued to play around a with air screw, pilot and main. It was pretty good but a couple of highly rated riders rode the bike and both commented it was very good but 'could do' with this or that. I liked the reviews I read about the Lectron, thought I'd give it a try and I am glad I did. I never realised how different it could be!! Honestly, it's better pretty much everywhere through the Rev range. I've only done 2hrs on the bike since changing so keep in mind it's a new toy but I keep recognising areas where it's better. Yet to find any negatives at all. Not done a full fuel range test yet.

That said, I am in a fortunate position that the investment I made in the carb does not put me in the position where I have to talk it up. If it's shit I would say not to waste your money. At this point I am dumb founded that this hasn't been standard equipment on all carb bikes!

 

i think those seeking a perfect set-up may well have to go to a Lectron,on the Beta,which always felt good it cleaned it up,but what it also does do is compensate for all the variables (altitude,temp,humidity)that change how a carb will fuel the bike so there is no need to adjust,some of you '17 riders seen to need to adjust during a long ride.My limited experience with the Minuki on my husky was that it never ran clean and I didn't really know how to cure it great in the morning but shit in the arvo,and I think it is a fault if I had to break the carb down to make adjustments while out riding,I was going to go Lectron for the husky,fortunately I bought a world class winning bike instead and put one on because i was in a position to do so.

 

I think it's great that there's an option to fine tune without the trauma that some people experience with the mikuni carb purchasing the lectron softens the frustration I'm more than happy with the mikuni and think as time ticks on more needles and advice will present itself here and there and the initial negativity will dissipate
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I rely on people like you to find the best settings so I can just copy them :burnout:

 

I'm in the same mind.
Can't get my 250 as good as I wanted it to be on pilot circuit.
Finally bit the bullet and put on a 36 lectron and really pleased.
Still a little fluffy at bottom so adjusted metre rod a quarter turn leaner but OMFG the consumption is awesome. Used 12 ltrs for the whole Welsh BEC two day event!

 

What did you have to shell out for a Lectron?

 

I bought direct from Lectron. Emailed them, explained what model bike I have and they put a recommended package together.

38mm Mikuni replacement $385
Vortex Throttle $27
Vortex Cable $35
Metering rod tool $15
Shipping $85 – to UK

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Paid shed loads
Can't remember on purpose - blanked it from memory.
Import duties as well.
Got it from slavens
All the costs are available but I emailed them to ask what I needed and costs involved.
Import duties were extra £75

 

You can get them in the UK

 

If the fuel consumption is better...over time you'll get your money back on the import duty?

 

I worked out I'm saving £3 on fuel a race and race 10 times a year. I'll get my money back in 14 years . I'll be 65 then........A result lol

 

where from?

they really need a UK distributor

 

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Whats that on your fuel line? Quick release? Or some kind of in-line filter?

 

quick release..

 

If the Samco stuff is silicon based I would not touch it with a barge pole! Silicon turns to jelly when in contact with petrol (not nice orange or strawberry jelly either!) They coat in inside of the hose to stop this but the coating cracks! I know this from messing about with V8 engines with 4 barrel carbs, the crap gets in the carb and the engine quits running!

EDIT...I guess what I'm calling the 'coating' you guys are classing as the inner tube, the stuff I saw I would not class as an inner tube as it was far too thin to be called that.

 

this lectron issue is interesting ... I recently tried the cast smartcarb (2014 300 exc) and was less than impressed with either the fit or the performance ... stuck with the carb - which was fine - but I was intriqued by the whole jetless carb debate.

The lectron fits without hassle and performs that well? I wonder why the lectron is better than the smartcarb ........