Nice! Thanks for the photos! So it looks like we all need to call up Wiseco and see if we can get a group purchase price on a re-make of their early 1980's Wiseco K740 piston kit for a 741cc GS650 with it's closed chamber raised runner head! Better option than 650 cylinders 750 pistons 80-82 GS550 head, IF we can get Wiseco to remake some of those old discontinued pistons, IF they have any CAD drawings left of their design... Thanks so much for posting this Adam, very cool score.
FYI, the right sides of the real VM29 smoothbore carbs are identified by this square casting with a production machining hole plugged off at the pilot passage:
The earliest VM29 Smoothbores do not have the big hex drain plug, most do however, but ALL will have this mark. FYI that is my stolen rack of smoothbores if anyone ever spots any with cracks at the gasket surface lip on the #1 and #4 carbs, and the backs of the fuel bowls also have A LOT of dents on them from a previous frustrated mechanic trying to knock loose stuck floats with a box wrench or something I assume. The stolen carbs are very easily identifiable. Other side:
looks just like a VM26SS from that side. identifying cracks on my stolen carbs, still 100% functional. Please everyone remember those marks if you see any for sale or on a bike with those cracks, picture permanently on my photobucket.
Are you going back there to dig through more parts again? If not, is it near Norm aka Storm 64? Not sure what all cool parts he has up there, but if it is a mega stash, my buddies at http://www.ricepaddy.com would very possibly be intersted in all the leftovers if someone bought the whole lot. Somebody go over there and check out what all else this guy has!!!!
FYI, the right sides of the real VM29 smoothbore carbs are identified by this square casting with a production machining hole plugged off at the pilot passage:
The earliest VM29 Smoothbores do not have the big hex drain plug, most do however, but ALL will have this mark. FYI that is my stolen rack of smoothbores if anyone ever spots any with cracks at the gasket surface lip on the #1 and #4 carbs, and the backs of the fuel bowls also have A LOT of dents on them from a previous frustrated mechanic trying to knock loose stuck floats with a box wrench or something I assume. The stolen carbs are very easily identifiable. Other side:
looks just like a VM26SS from that side. identifying cracks on my stolen carbs, still 100% functional. Please everyone remember those marks if you see any for sale or on a bike with those cracks, picture permanently on my photobucket.
Are you going back there to dig through more parts again? If not, is it near Norm aka Storm 64? Not sure what all cool parts he has up there, but if it is a mega stash, my buddies at http://www.ricepaddy.com would very possibly be intersted in all the leftovers if someone bought the whole lot. Somebody go over there and check out what all else this guy has!!!!
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