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  1. garyS-NJ

    Best way to find an air/vacume leak

    what did I check? what did I check? thanks. there is only one vacume line coming off the carbs for the fuel petock. I have it plugged while tank is off and didn't detect a leak at the other side although its hard to shoot card cleaner down there. for t sync ports they are threaded holes in...
  2. garyS-NJ

    CV carbs vs mechanically activated slides

    Im wondering if anyone updates their old gs bikes with later model CV carbs. I have my '79 gs1000 running pretty good with the stock VM 26's jetted for pods and a 4:1 (& my own muffler thing which has no muff but employs an antireversion cone for transition and s reducer at the outlet, idk what...
  3. garyS-NJ

    Best way to find an air/vacume leak

    Surprised I didn't get more responses here. Maybe if I asked about oil or tires.. anyway, thanks fellas.. I got a few pops spraying carb cleaner near #2 even tho I just changed the intake boots and the clamps seemed tight. But I'm yanking them and found a spare set of intake manifolds...
  4. garyS-NJ

    Rs 36 Flatsides

    stock cars get the carbs stock cars get the carbs Thanks Rureddy, so I understand, Your Katana 1100, had the BST34 rack(not he newer BST36 rack) ad you plan to keep those BST34' to install on your stock cars???
  5. garyS-NJ

    Best way to find an air/vacume leak

    Over the years, I have tried propane, carb cleaner, brake cleaner, and water. I think the propane worked best. I have these bst34's on my '90 kat11 and as purchased not running, and after cleaning carbs, the idle is sticking high but sometimes drops down and then it's real low and misfiring...
  6. garyS-NJ

    Rs 36 Flatsides

    I have a '90 kat1100 with some carb issues. What will you be doing with your bst36's?
  7. garyS-NJ

    Mikuni carbs

    Are you quite certain that vm26 installed on a kawasaki 1000 are not just jet changes to a suzi 750? (And probably choke actuator) I know going from a gs750 to gs1000, the vm26 just get different pikots and mains.
  8. garyS-NJ

    Powder coating engine covers

    Thanks all!!!
  9. garyS-NJ

    Powder coating engine covers

    Thanks both.. so I press from the inside towards the outside or outside pushing the glass and grommet towards the inside?? (I dont have the cover with me here).
  10. garyS-NJ

    Powder coating engine covers

    I have a '77 gs750 looming to powder coat the engine cases and wonder I g what to do with the right side clutch cover oil sight glass which is pressed in there with some sort of rubber gasket. Are these things replaceable? How to get it out and reinstall (or where to buy the replacement grommet??)
  11. garyS-NJ

    Quality replacement clutch for '79 gs1000

    Thanks again! Dont want to be an askhole and will steer off the kevlar. I'm guessing the kevlar is really just strip. But oddly enough, Z1 told me the Barnett kevlar was more around town than their own clutch which would work around town yet hold up to strip. Anyone know what material the...
  12. garyS-NJ

    Quality replacement clutch for '79 gs1000

    Thanks!! That's 2, maybe 3 votes for a cork clutch over the kevlar sold by Barnett and EBC (ebc has a street/strip kevlar clutch and I think an oem style cork). Quite coincidentally, this evening I got to meet a couple old school jap muscle bike riders and they also warned against the kevlar...
  13. garyS-NJ

    Quality replacement clutch for '79 gs1000

    Thanks, I spoke to someone at Z1 a year or so ago about a clutch and is swear he said they had the Barnett kevlar and their own clutch that was more able to handle strip as well as street. I didnt question bc i didnt know but i do know they are not maming their own clutches so whoever makes...
  14. garyS-NJ

    Quality replacement clutch for '79 gs1000

    My clutch has always grabbed far out and after doing the flying banana basket spring shim mod, I had trouble getting neutral at a stop. I threaded in the adjusters and moved the actuator arm one spline but had to actuate it a little to connect the cable. This spells thin clutch plates and I...
  15. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 clutch basket flying banana spring shim rebuild

    Thanks. Yes, logical, and I thought I put it together same as before but yesterday looked and saw I was off a few spines from square.
  16. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 clutch basket flying banana spring shim rebuild

    back from Sturgis with a swap meet throttle tube and got the GS1000 rolling yesterday. I trimmed the bars another 3/8" shorter and once rolling I found the clutch NOT disengaging well enough to find neutral at stop and shifting a little hard. I threaded the top lever adjuster out to almost...
  17. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 clutch basket flying banana spring shim rebuild

    Well. I got it together today. Lost a clutch cover centering bushing and after hunting all over, found it in my alley. Clutch quiet as a church mouse. I can do this upgrade for a reasonable price. Then I cut my new dirt bike handlebars shorter and broke the throttle slide. Hunted all over...
  18. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 clutch basket flying banana spring shim rebuild

    Thanks rich. It was just a crappy pic. I put it together same as it came apart. Is that a APE moded basket? They put some Mongo welds... I think I'm going to need mine up (I was worried about burning through the plate. But while its off, are anyone doing any other mods like drilling holes...
  19. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 clutch basket flying banana spring shim rebuild

    I did it. Seems I can only upload one pic here so I'm putting in the completed job
  20. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 clutch basket flying banana spring shim rebuild

    my clutch makes a racket in neutral at idle. I took it apart and found the shaft nut was loose but I inspected further and decided to do the flying banana spring shim basket rebuild (see https://www.theflyingbanana.com/clutchhub.htm ). has anyone on here done this rebuild? I used thin...
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