ebay jets, has anyone used them?

mgtkr1
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having seen mixed reviews, mostly good regarding the chinese copied keihin pwk carburettors, ive yet to find out wether the jets sold on ebay are worth buying? i understand the general concensius is to use genuine slide/needle/jets when using a knock off as the chinese ones arent numbered. however the jets that are on ebay are sized and when you order a jet, you specify the size. wether these are made in china (id bet they are) or not is anyones guess but has anyone ever used them and were they any good? i would usually only buy genuine parts but ebay seems more convinient and given how simple a jet is, the only thing that can go tits up is the sizing is way off? i would never use a main jet unless its genuine. the last thing you want at wot is a jet that is 5x smaller that is actually labelled as. cheers
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kb228 10/12/2019 8:23pm
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The knockoff jets are not good. Dont even consider them.

Only buy genuine jets
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Bruce372 10/12/2019 8:50pm
10/12/2019 8:50pm
How much is your time worth compared to saving a couple of dollars?

Any why support kocknoff products? You wanna risk your life on something made in China or Japan? Same with your helmet.
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m21racing 10/13/2019 7:56am
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Sudco has jets for mikuni/kehin. They are the quality parts for carbs.
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DynoDan22 10/13/2019 9:19am
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I've had friends buy the Chinese knock off jets and they are hit and miss. After having several issues with the jets not being as accurate as OEM, I refused to work on people's bikes unless they used OEM jets. Too much headache when you throw in a 45 Chinese pilot jet and it runs equivalent to a 52 OEM Keihin pilot. Haha. No thanks. Too much wasted time having to gut the carb again to change everything back to OEM.
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Yz229 10/13/2019 10:19am
10/13/2019 10:19am
Was running a Chinese knock off #165MJ at RBSR on accident, not even sure where it came from.
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mgtkr1 10/13/2019 11:57am
10/13/2019 11:57am
thanks for the relies guys, i guess thats a fundamental nope then. ill order some genuine jets and go from there

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