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Carbs...need help finding high performance ones for my bike

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thanks--my eyes are getting worse all the ime--I actully though they might be selling stock to bend up your own hedders. :lol:
 
kiwiXr said:
Rudi , The Chrome Megaphone pipe looks to have a part number for your GS. The styling is nice and I think they will give your street bike a better performance increase than the Drag pipes.
Its sort of the same principal as running a tunnel ram manifold on a V*8 , guys can tune the carbs to make them work on the street but a single 4barrell will be less stress and out perform a tunnel ram in street applications. Same as those pipes the short fat headers are designed to lift high rpm full throttle performance , great for the Drags but they sacrifice low and midrange rpm performance which is realy what you want on the street.
Why not E mail the manufacturer being honest about what you are trying to achieve performance wise and see what they recommend.

Dave
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Great info, Dave! I think I like the look of those Super Chrome pipes from V&H's anyway. And if it will give me better "street" performance...then those are the ones I'll get.

Thx!

Rudi
 
Rudi! the picture of the pipe I saw on your post is generally used only for dragracing. It sits very low to the ground and will almost certainly affect your right turn ground clearance.You need something with more of an upsweep to it.
 
Jeff Tate said:
Rudi! the picture of the pipe I saw on your post is generally used only for dragracing. It sits very low to the ground and will almost certainly affect your right turn ground clearance.You need something with more of an upsweep to it.
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On those pipes
I just wanted to comment that i run them on my 1100ed and originally had trouble with them draggind but only after i lowered the bike 1&1/2 inches in the rear..After making my own rear megaphone bracket i dont ever drag the pipes any more(((however i am the worst twistie driver on the website and only do turns that require a small amount of leaning over.))
 
I just went out and measured the clearance of the megaphone to the pavement and its 4 and 7/8 inches when the bike is upright. I weigh 250 pounds and the rear shocks are from a 750 i think. they are much weaker than the standard 1100e shocks
 
Slowpoke, can you please answer a question for me? Are the 34 mm carbs interchangeable with 36 mm carbs between GS models? Mikuni, or do they have to be adapted?
 
MidnightRider said:
Slowpoke, can you please answer a question for me? Are the 34 mm carbs interchangeable with 36 mm carbs between GS models? Mikuni, or do they have to be adapted?
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nothing just goes into place but if you get a set of carbs from an 1150, i think the choke cable will marry up and the throttle also--the manifolds from ther carbs to the engine usually can fit by heating them or applying some hot water to allow them to stretch over the engine side of the 36mm carbs--the air box may be the problem inless you intend to run pods. I like the air box with some mods to make it fit--nothing is plug and play-it's Murphys law.. Others will add to this reply to help you more
 
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