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[6pkrunner]

Since these aren't the correct carbs for that bike anyway, obsessing over the accuracy of the finish seems a tad pointless, no?

Well I guess I've gotta get in here. No the BS36 carbs are not correct for that bike. However, I would like a set as close to factory finish and looks as possible. A set of BS36 Mikunis on an 1100 look like a stock set of 34s to most eyeballs that will view them. Ya gotta get up close to notice. The pipes are from an 1150, but they carry the factory look. The hue of red on the body is incorrect also. This bike isn't a restoration, but a slight update on a GS. I would like 95% of the people to walk right past it and not notice anything odd, but the GS buffs can have at it and laugh all they want. I've got a '69 Charger R/T I use as a daily driver in the summer and has lots of mods from stock (ignore the Landyesque Cragar S/S, I've got a set of 14 inch stockers in the corner)- but will fool a lot of observers - some who owned them new. So for me I want them to look as the factory delivered them regardless of 34 or 36mm throat size. That's my side. I would rather not have bling - just stock lookers.

The other is, with all this flak flying that was never my intent, is the old put up or shut up. I have asked Chuck to do me up a set and the two sets will be photographed and compared for all to see. As I see it, this is the best solution to a pretty much incendiary topic.

I showed Paul's as I received them. The pictures are there for all to view. If you would like more - no problem. I'm sure Paul wouldn't mind. Anyone who wants to find either fault or props is welcome to do so - but please do so through a PM to me and no more hand grenade tossing on the board.

If anyone else can come up with something better to end this - let me know.

I've set my parameters for my bike to be the way I would like it. While not stock or restored, the factory feel is there. I've got a nicely ported 1100 head with the 27mm 1150 intakes (the 1150 head looks nothing like the 1100 head, so the benefit of a better head was canned), hopefully 223 cams, Wiseco K1168 pistons, and the stock airbox and pipes. There will be a stock 1150 oil cooler using all stock parts - factory for an 1100 - nope but factory looking. An aftermarket top end oiler kit will ruin the stock look, but in this case its function over form. But being anal over losing horsepressure by the stock airbox and 1150 pipes doesn't bug me as long as the look is there. So the carbs fall under that criteria.

End of all of this for me.

[chuck hahn]

AND...you can turn the volume down too JOE...LMAO...Merry Xmas my friend!!

Who needs cable? and this is commercial free!

[chuck hahn]

It must have mattered to him...just sayin.

[Mysuzyq]

Chuck, if you're after the factory finish you should go paint and re-zinc. The grommet counters can spot non-original stainless etc a mile off. I suppose you know that anyway so I'm just tossing it in.

If you're after a smart finish (rather than factory original) then in my opinion stainless is the way to go but I would still prefer paint over powdercoat on carbs - I think you lose all the detail with the thickness of PC.

Since these aren't the correct carbs for that bike anyway, obsessing over the accuracy of the finish seems a tad pointless, no?

[chuck hahn]

You have no idea how many times I have started over because i added that " one last shot" which immediately turned the otherwise sweet effect straight to crap! Has taken me countless waste hours and materials to finall learn that its not the speed that you can do it that counts..its the stopping doing it that counts..If you follow me .

[hampshirehog]

Yep - a thin layer of paint is key to getting close to factory; I sometimes think a tin of paint with the lid off paraded down Hamamatsu high street was considered job done back then.

[chuck hahn]

Yes powdwer coat does soften the raised letters and such as I well am aware. So can the wrong paint, wrong thickness of the paint as well. If you paint in a dead still area with light dustings over and over again to let it build out you can control the paint thickness much better ..least i find that so. Also another thing is to have the common sense to know when your just at the point that enough is enough and know to STOP!!!

[chuck hahn]

His relay to me is that he wants as close to factory as far as the compnent being the right color and finish..BUT with some little added bling here and there..which of course he will have the final decisions. I have thrown him several scenarios and we are PMing back and forth. I can suggest things and he can mull it over and get his visualization and you take the next step. Of course as we have talked about, finding a viable set is kinda hard. There is 1 new NOS carb body on Ebay at an asking price of $150.00 for just one body!!

[hampshirehog]

Chuck, if you're after the factory finish you should go paint and re-zinc. The grommet counters can spot non-original stainless etc a mile off. I suppose you know that anyway so I'm just tossing it in.

If you're after a smart finish (rather than factory original) then in my opinion stainless is the way to go but I would still prefer paint over powdercoat on carbs - I think you lose all the detail with the thickness of PC.

[chuck hahn]

None of your above at all....just helpin a member out that all. They can be covered in 20 years of cow crap if thats what turns you on. And yup I am 100% in a agreement that the only thing that counts is they work and work properly and reliably. But when youre spending a bunch of cash to get that bike to the very best looking and as close to factory look to it, then what you use and do is of the utmost importance ALSO...would you not agree with that aspect as well??

[tkent02]

And your point?
That anyone doing carbs for other members should do it for free? That anyone getting carbs done should get them powder coated and plated? That stainless fasteners are somehow better for carburetors?

If they were my carburetors I'd rather have them work correctly than be all shiny on the outside.

[chuck hahn]

I am gonna do Mike a set of BS 36s. Gonna powder coat the carbs gloss black, have my plater redo the gang rails with new zinc plating, remove all the zinc plated hardware and replace that all with stainless.

Might even think about getting with the guys down at Alimo Plating and see what the cost of a full chromed gang rail set will be!! Do him a set of show stoppers. MY LABOR WILL BE 100% FREE. I will drive them to the appropraite vendors I have and do the internals and all that myself. If I am still on the forum when they are done..or he posts them up you will see them.

[chuck hahn]

I already sent the email to Paul by the way. My offer still stands to anyone that has posted in this thread...send me an email and I will forward mine....simple. I can handle the truth and i can prove it also!!!

[chuck hahn]

Well there youre wrong again JJ..I cant divulge the PMs here as thats my sworn agreement like i said. Now here what I propose. Give me an email to forward the evidence, you see for yourself whether he was or wasnt happy( guess which choice here is the truth ) Hint::: Your assumption isnt!!!!...what do you have to lose? Wnna take me up on it or just sit back and keep saying i am a jerk??

Like i said, i was agreed to keep it off the forum ( PMing included as a forum domain ) so if you wont send me an email then your effectively denying that I got me some backup to show you.