VM 29's (Smooth Bore) - 1978 GS1000 1979 stock motor, K&N RC-2450 filter, Yoshimura 4 into 1 header and can
This is what I am currently running (it maybe differant for others)
117.5 mains (what came with bike)
.9 air jet didn't pull it to check
#20 pilot jet (changed from #25, to rich for me with #25's)
5dl31-3 needle
0.6 needle jet
1.5 throttle valve (cut away)
1/2 turn out on the mix screw
Looking at Sudco's spec sheet these carbs i have (A7) look like they were set up for a kz650, kz900 or a kz1000
sudco recomends for the GS750/GS1000 (A12)
#115 mains
.9 air jet
#25 pilot jet
5dl31-3 needle
0.6 needle jet
2.0 throttle valve (cut away)
sudco recomends for the kz650, kz900 or a kz1000 (A7)
117.5 mains
.9 air jet didn't pull it to check
#25 pilot jet
5dl31-3 needle
0.6 needle jet
1.5 throttle valve (cut away)
sudco recomends for the cb750 thru '78 (A2)
115 mains
.9 air jet didn't pull it to check
#17.5 pilot jet
5dl31-3 needle
0.6 needle jet
1.5 throttle valve (cut away)
About my carbs the 117.5 mains came with them, the carbs were mounted on the bike and at some point before me the bike liked the setup. i heared stories of the bike pulling wheelies down the street back in the day from a shop owner who knew the bike. I cleaned up every thing, carbs were nasty and tried running it with the #25 pilot jets but was to rich and not happy, what i found out was the 1.5 throttle valves cause a richer condition then the 2.0 which is what the bike is suppost to have so by dropping the pilot jet down one it should step everything down one notch. Which it did and the bike has been running good since, but keep in mind i think my motor is starting to get tierd so a fresh motor might like the #25 pilot with a 1.5 throttle valve.
make sure you have everything cleaned out real good, there is a little hole under the throttel valve as well as a paper gasket under it too. Make sure the hole is clean and the the gasket is replaced or in good shape. Also check your needles my orginal ones were less then desireable. Also make sure you have new o-rings, you can get almost any size you can think of from mc-mastercarr.
download this pic and save it, it is a real good referance point
http://www.sudco.com/Diagrams323728/expvm29.gif
-Ryan