converting from cv carbs to slide

[scaz36]

hiya im new on here ,
were building a trike from a gs 1000 g 1979 w reg . im converting the cv carbs to the slide carbs , were struggling with the carb rubbers to the engine , the slide ones to small cv ones to big
has anyone done this conversion ,if so how , where to sourse the parts from
im in nottingham u.k
cheers
lee

[Frank Z.]

Sounds like your '79 has '80 or later head... bigger intakes on those. You'll need a '79 head and intake boots to go with the VMs... assuming they're 26/28mm carbs (?)

[hampshirehog]

Hello Lee. What carbs are you putting on there?

[scaz36]

looks like mine are mikuni slide carbs bought off dk spares in stoke , were converting it from the cvs , is there any parts or how to do this , ive changed the airbox rubbers to the smaller ones, its getting the slide carbs into the engine mounted rubbers
what we are struggling with

[scaz36]

dont really want to strip engine down change the head

[7981GS]

They run much better with the later large port heads and CV carbs.
Why would you want to go backwards?
Rebuild those carbs for a few bucks if that is the problem.

Eric

[hampshirehog]

RS flatslides?

[Nessism]

Apparently I don't understand "English", because I can't understand what's going on. Seems like a mismatch between new vs. old generation head and carbs, but I have no clue beyond that.

[hampshirehog]

Didn't your ST come with slide carbs on Ed?