Genuine vs. OEM

[Dirtcrasher]

IDK; I've got 7 little plastic cases with 10 pack - leak, slow and main jets in them for a PK or FCR carb (long hex).

I tuned my 350RX with them and they worked great. It was about 30$ for a set of 10 of these jets; That's 3$ a jet.

They worked bad in the race ready 200X but I later found out I had an air leak!! No jet will fix that.....

My local Honda shop takes me a 1hour round trip, doesn't have a complete selection and sells jets for 6.99$ for 1 jet. If they had to be OEM, I'd spend the extra money but they seem to work great for me.

I'll try to find the EBAY sellers name for you later (remind me) but they work perfect in my history using them.


I have purchased other Chinese jets in the past and they were not accurate, then I found this guy on EBAY.

[El Camexican]

If I'm going to get my hands covered with gas and fight a crusty rubber manifold to make a jet change I'm sure as hell not going to put in something that was sized in a knock off sweat shop by a guy who doesn't even have a drivers license yet alone know how to tune a carb. Jetsrus has an extra $50 bucks or so from me that I invested in piece of mind.

[cr480r]

Obviously any brand jet with the right fuel flow will run properly.. But it's much easier to make a 2.5% change in fuel flow when the flow properly matches the size indicated within 2.5%.. That's all

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Keihin jets in my Keihin carbs. No fuss, no muss, no questions, no problems.

If the price of genuine jets compared to knock-offs is cost prohibitive to you, then you probably shouldn't own a trike.

[cr480r]

Any time you can eliminate unnecessary variables in a process with many variables it's worth doing ImO. That's why I would never solder and drill jets unless I was working on an application where jets were not available.. Not to mention the headaches you could potentially cause for the next owner.. Just because two jets are drilled to same size does not mean they flow the same.. And just because a jet has a larger number doesn't mean they flow more if they came from a mystery source. My bikes are never spot on, and I always error towards rich on main.. But for someone going for that last lil bit it's worth the extra few dollars to know you are making the change that you are intending to

[El Camexican]

Now wait a minute.......this is rocket science .......using your emojis .......witch Hanna Montana do you prefer .......and den you can go on with 3 pages about that ! American Hanna Montana or Chinese`s Hana Montana ?

In this example I would strongly suggest using the Chinese version over the OEM unit as you're far less likely to succumb to any sort of viral infection When mounting the knock off model.

[RubberSalt]

This is a difficult one to pick. I'd expect the American one to last much longer and be more durable, but being you can't find a 2nd legitimate Hanna Montana, and the first is warn out... It may be best to stock up on several of the Chinese versions.

Having an oem dealer so close to home and $3 a jet..

[El Camexican]

But but that depends on who who used it foist ?

I just assumed Barnett had already been there.