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    Hi Monk, Are you still selling your bracket for the GS1000 double pot brake upgrade mod? I've...

    Hi Monk, Are you still selling your bracket for the GS1000 double pot brake upgrade mod? I've just gotten the rest of the items and wonder if your creation is still available, or what you would suggest to fabricate the piece. Thanks for any help you can give me on this.
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    Slotted 80-81 GS rotors on a 78 GS1000

    Thanks Steve! Much appreciated.
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    Slotted 80-81 GS rotors on a 78 GS1000

    Thanks for all the advice...
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    Slotted 80-81 GS rotors on a 78 GS1000

    Can anyone tell me if there is a problem fitting the slotted rotors from the 80-81 GS1000 using the existing calipers (round pucks)? I have installed the newer rotors on my 78 GS1000E with the bolt holes lining up perfectly but I now can't get the old calipers to fit onto them. Also, the...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    I have it idling... whoopee. I can get it to idle now without choke after disassembling the carbs again and blowing everything out with a compressor. I am now trying to get it to idle smoother. I don't have the baffle chamber or the airbox on yet which I am sure is screwing up things. I have all...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Ok, thanks guys. I will install the carbs and see what happens.
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Ok, I have cleaned the carbs and blasted them with my new air compressor. They are all assembled and mounted on the mounting plate, ready to put back on the bike. I have a question regarding the middle carbs. Both carbs seem to have open holes in the middle facing the tension spring for the...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Ok, I need to pull the carbs and redo everything I guess. No luck so far. A question that has been nagging me since I did my carb rebuild. There was a small ball that came out of the side of one of the carbs that looked like it was plugging a hole in the side of the carb. Seems like it was put...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Thanks for all the help guys. I opened up the carbs bottoms and looked at the parts in there. I noticee that I put one of the float needles in backwards (doh). I don't know how that would effect the idling but I plan to clean and soak everything again and blow out with air and, hopefully it will...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Thanks, Keith for your detailed description. I did rebuild the carbs with my limited knowledge (I used a Suzuki shop manual) but I most likely missed cleaning the pilot screw as much as was needed. I will give that a try and see what happens. I did buy a vacuum synch and, obviously, just need to...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Ok, thanks for the help....
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Sorry, but when you say idle adjuster do you mean the knob to adjust the throttle cable under the carbs? Apologies, I'm new to fixing/tuning bike carbs or restoring bikes for that matter.
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Thanks for getting back to me. The idle adjuster is now out of adjustment I'm sure, since I had it set after rebuilding the top end. I just adjust it to keep the idle around 1500 (I know this is fruitless because of all the other variables) and I have the choke fully open as it warms up. If I...
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    Can't get her to idle without choke

    Does anyone know if the boots from the carb to the airbox should be replaced? They aren't damaged but I can see they aren't sticking to the air box (they can be rotated). I have a 1978 GS1000E with a 1100 bore kit installed. I have the original VM26 carbs. I replaced the o rings in the boots...
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