Oddball GS1000 Carb - parts?

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  • dubwicht
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    • Sep 2024
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    • Alberta, Canada

    #1

    Oddball GS1000 Carb - parts?

    I have a 1979 GS1000L and my carb is unlike any I have seen. It has this structure on one of the bowls. I can't find this on any parts diagrams and need a some parts including the spring and a washer to prevent water from getting in. Has anyone seen one like this and if yes, do you know where I can get parts? Thanks.
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  • Nessism
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    #2
    Those carbs do not look like the originals that came with your bike.

    The 1979 carbs, for one thing, are VM26 mechanical slide type.

    EDIT: are those Keihin carbs? Maybe from a CB750?

    And are you sure your bike is a 1979 model year? Bikes with manufacturing dates after about 8/79 are most likely 1980 model year.
    Last edited by Nessism; 03-22-2025, 07:47 PM.
    Ed

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    • dubwicht
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      #3
      Here is another photos
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      • dubwicht
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        #4
        This is a Canadian bike. Not sure if it makes any difference.

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        • Nessism
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          #5
          See edited post above...
          Ed

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          • Big T
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            #6
            Originally posted by dubwicht
            This is a Canadian bike. Not sure if it makes any difference.
            No, it doesn't
            Definably not stock Mikuni
            How about pics of the name and markings?
            1978 GS 1000 (since new)
            1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
            1978 GS 1000 (parts)
            1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
            1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
            1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
            2007 DRz 400S
            1999 ATK 490ES
            1994 DR 350SES

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            • chuck hahn
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              #7
              Never seen a gs with air cutoff valves. Throw up a pic of the full rack. Im suspecting keihins
              MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
              1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

              NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


              I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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              • Nessism
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                #8
                In the other thread, about the throttle cable, it shows mechanical slide carbs with a butterfly choke. Most likely Honda Keihin carbs from an earlier CB750.
                Ed

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                • dubwicht
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                  #9
                  They are Kehin and I may have done something stupid - I have a CB650 and may have grabbed the wrong carb set.

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                  • dubwicht
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                    • Nessism
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                      #11
                      The carbs you need, should look similar to these (assuming your bike is truly a 1979)

                      suzuki VM26's by nessism, on Flickr
                      Ed

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                      • dubwicht
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                        • dubwicht
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                          #13
                          I have a the proper set. One of those days. They are a similar style but different manufacturer. Thank so much.

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                          • KiwiAlfa156
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by dubwicht
                            I have a 1979 GS1000L and my carb is unlike any I have seen. It has this structure on one of the bowls. I can't find this on any parts diagrams and need a some parts including the spring and a washer to prevent water from getting in. Has anyone seen one like this and if yes, do you know where I can get parts? Thanks.
                            Yep, that looks like an accelerator pump diaphragm with the lower cover and diaphragm/push-rod removed. The photo on the throttle cable thread shows that the carbs are mechanical slides, the butterflies are upstream of the slides which means that they are choke plates.
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                            • sacruickshank
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                              #15
                              FYI - Consensus from the Honda/Keihin world is that you can disable air cut off vales and be OK.

                              But as others have mentioned, that is an accelerator pump. Hard to say if you could live without that, assuming you can get the Honda carbs to otherwise work on your GS.
                              Current rides: GS850G, GL1100, Triumph Scrambler XC, Guzzi V85TT, Kawi Z900RS

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