Sourcing Intake Boots and Fuel crossover Tees

[Forden]

Looking for reviews on the above items--OE boots are approx $150 at best, would of course be my preference but cash is tight. Has anyone tried these Caltric aftermarket ones?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2853191391...uid=LkMlHejRSRG&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Same question on these Keyster crossover pipes:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3821244774...uid=LkMlHejRSRG&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2938285349...uid=LkMlHejRSRG&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thanks all,
Mike

 

[Nessism]

https://www.z1enterprises.com/motor...-models/1978/air-intake-and-fuel-systems.html

 

[Big T]

https://www.cruzinimage.net/category/item/itemgenre/motorcycle/suzuki/carb-insulators-suzuki/page/4/

I've had good luck with the Cruzinimage parts

 

[slayer61]

I bought the chinese knockoff ones once. it was a horrible experience. I was glad to spend the money to get the OEM pieces from Japan after that.

 

[unfocused]

My intake boots are Caltric (4 years ago) and I've purchased more for other scoots. However - I use OEM o-rings.
My air box to carb boots are OEM

The fuel inlet tubes - Be very careful and make sure you order the correct ones. 10mm ?
Kawasaki VM26's from the early days (Cir '75) have duel fuel inlets and no center cross over inlet like the Suzuki VM26's.
However, the inlet tubes I used we're purchased online so I don't know if they're "branded"
I have both sets of carbs and ordered replacement tubes for both.

The o-ring kits I purchased from ?basscliff? had replacement o-rings for the tubes.

 

[Nessism]

If you search "carb fuel tee" on eBay, you will find a dozen different china shell companies selling "Kawasaki KZ650 KZ1000 CSR" center feed VM fuel tees. These parts are the same size as used on Suzuki VM carbs, but apparently, the Chinese haven't glammed onto that detail yet. I buy these Tees, then shorten them on a lathe to work in dual feed KZ VM26 applications. One caution regarding these, though, the O-rings are crap. I replace those before putting the Tees into service.

BTW, that Keyster fuel tee linked above is part number T-2. If you search out Keyster "KZ1000 KZ650" fuel tees, it will show the part number to be T-2. Obviously, the same part.

 

[Forden]

If you search "carb fuel tee" on eBay, you will find a dozen different china shell companies selling "Kawasaki KZ650 KZ1000 CSR" center feed VM fuel tees. These parts are the same size as used on Suzuki VM carbs, but apparently, the Chinese haven't glammed onto that detail yet. I buy these Tees, then shorten them on a lathe to work in dual feed KZ VM26 applications. One caution regarding these, though, the O-rings are crap. I replace those before putting the Tees into service.

BTW, that Keyster fuel tee linked above is part number T-2. If you search out Keyster "KZ1000 KZ650" fuel tees, it will show the part number to be T-2. Obviously, the same part.

Thanks Ed, good catch. Sadly there doesn't seem to be a correspondingly cheap version of the "S1" outer crossover tubes, that I can find. I will PM you about an o-ring set, are you doing the big intake boot ones too, or have a spec for them? I believe I bought some of those from Robertbarr along with the carb set in the past.

Thanks to all for their replies.