Intake boot mounting on 1100G?

[Guest]

I am reinstalling the carbs on my 1100 after cleaning...

I removed the intake boots to replace the o-rings and I noticed that they are wedge-shaped up and down. Depending on how they are installed, the angle of the carbs will change. If the narrow wedge end of the boot faces up, the carbs angle up slightly. If the narrow wedge end of the boot faces down, the carbs appear to be more level.

I'm assuming that the carbs want to be level, but just to be sure... Does the narrow end of the boot face up or down?

Thanks.

[Steve]

Narrow on the bottom, carbs will be level.

More importantly, though, they are marked R and L, which will put the port for the carb sync gauges down and to the outside of the engine.

[GS2GO]

Thanks Steve-

What confused me was my sync ports are tapped into the heads, so I couldn't go by that, and the boots are smaller than the ones shown in my Haynes manual. Maybe the ones in the manual are earlier models, because all 1100 info is in an appendix in the back.

Level makes sense.

[Steve]

Thanks Steve-

What confused me was my sync ports are tapped into the heads, ...

Interesting.

All the other four-cylinder shafties (650, 850, 1000) have the ports in the boots.

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[GS2GO]

I wanted to pass on what I discovered today about intake boot installation on the 1100G...

After I installed the carbs today with narrow boot end facing down and the carbs level, the air box bolt holes were about 3/8" too low. Even with all six boot clamps loose, the box would not line up. I took it all apart and installed the boots narrow end up and everything fit as it should.

[Steve]

Thanks for the update.

Have not (yet) had the pleasure of doing much on an 1100G, so will add that to the stack of trivia that is stashed ... somewhere.

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[miked]

I wanted to pass on what I discovered today about intake boot installation on the 1100G...

After I installed the carbs today with narrow boot end facing down and the carbs level, the air box bolt holes were about 3/8" too low. Even with all six boot clamps loose, the box would not line up. I took it all apart and installed the boots narrow end up and everything fit as it should.

Learned today about the R & L markings on the intakes, I installed them with the marks facing up (up and inward actually) and the airbox top mount holes lined up correctly with the frame

[JTGS850GL]

Interesting.

All the other four-cylinder shafties (650, 850, 1000) have the ports in the boots.

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Just to let you know, my 1980 GS1000G and GL have the ports in the head as well.