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Intake boots - where to buy?

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Hey all, I'm looking at doing my O-rings soon, and probably need to do intake boots as well. I'm buying some tires through Bikebandit, so I figured I'd pick the boots up at the same time, but don't see them listed here. Can anyone help a noob out?

I checked bwringer's site, and see there are two item numbers, and punched those in, but no luck.

While I'm working on the bike, anything else I should be doing? I'm planning on doing valve clearances, balancing and perhaps cleaning the carbs, new tires, etc. It's a nice bike, 6k miles so not ridden much, and I just want it in great road shape. It's been sitting all winter, so anything i should do before riding in particular? Oil change?
 
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motogrid.com is quite a bit cheaper than bike bandit for parts, those parts are shown in the "cylinder head" section. Change the o-rings at the same time, and YES on the carb rebuild with new o-rings (cycleorings.com has a nice kit), brake fluid flush, and oil change. Do the work up front and you will be rewarded with good running.
 
I still may get them at Bikebandit, since that will probably put me over $100 for free ship on my tires, but we shall see.

What part should I order, just 2 of #27, or do they come in pairs?
 
Hi Mr. Erich Z,

Yes, you'll have to buy two of those. On the 4-cyl motors there are two "left" boots and two "right" boots but they're still sold individually.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Erich Z said:
I still may get them at Bikebandit, since that will probably put me over $100 for free ship on my tires, but we shall see.

What part should I order, just 2 of #27, or do they come in pairs?
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Oh they will, because those boots are about $25 EACH, so all 4 will cost you a hundred bucks (or so)
 
doctorgonzo said:
Oh they will, because those boots are about $25 EACH, so all 4 will cost you a hundred bucks (or so)
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But Mr. Erich Z has the 450, only two cylinders. I didn't mean to confuse anyone with my comment on the 4 cylinder boots.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
BassCliff said:
But Mr. Erich Z has the 450, only two cylinders. I didn't mean to confuse anyone with my comment on the 4 cylinder boots.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
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I'm easily confused, so no worries. Off Topic....

Mine is running better after new wires, caps, and move to a hotter plug. Still soots them up in about 30 miles of city driving though. My Morgan Carbtune is on the way, as are an assortment of shims (I am assuming they have never been done so have stock.2.70 in them, ordered 3 X 2.65, 2 X 2.60, and 1 X 2.55 Now even if I don't have what I need, I have some to trade) So next order of business is valve adjustment, carb sync, THEN if it's still rich I'll revisit the carbs.... or maybe not, since plan for next payday is a V&H 4 into 1.
 
doctorgonzo said:
I'm easily confused, so no worries. Off Topic....

Mine is running better after new wires, caps, and move to a hotter plug. Still soots them up in about 30 miles of city driving though. My Morgan Carbtune is on the way, as are an assortment of shims (I am assuming they have never been done so have stock.2.70 in them, ordered 3 X 2.65, 2 X 2.60, and 1 X 2.55 Now even if I don't have what I need, I have some to trade) So next order of business is valve adjustment, carb sync, THEN if it's still rich I'll revisit the carbs.... or maybe not, since plan for next payday is a V&H 4 into 1.
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Woo Hoo! That will be just like Christmas! \\:D/


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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