Are these carbs worth looking at to buy?

[loud et]

GS addict vultures!
Sheesh.
Lmao (says the guy who just bought more parts he doesn't need) he he he

[chuck hahn]

And youll need jet block gaskets and bowl plug orings.

Carb schematic......items in blue on the parts page are still available.

http://www.sudco.com/Catalog37Digital/index.html#/172/

[Chuck78]

Well if you're not selling them, check with me before you order any parts, I had a bunch of parts to rebuild them including a very crucial new set of jet block paper gaskets.
Luckily I just bolted them on to try out before I rebuilt them, it would've hurt even worse if I got them all rebuilt and fine tuned and then some low life stole them...

[limeex2]

Bid again when their finished? Had to at least try...

[azr]

You guys are pretty funny...pretty sure Adam knows what these go for on ebay untouched, and I thought I was bad If there are parts needed for them Z1 has most of them that's where I bought mine from, Jeff was even real generous with some float bowls that I needed for a set as well, great resource for parts and info.

[loud et]

Ha ha yeah Rob, im no stranger to E bay.
Anyways here is one of the books I got with the purchase. It is 200 pages of every trick part available in 1981 for all the big Honda Suzuki and Kawasaki performance models.
Here is the kit they sold for the accelerator pump including the bowls.

Here is the universal accelerator pump kit where the jets are threaded into the carb opening. This is the one the set of carbs I just got have.



Here is a Smoothbore info sheet. Nice to see they made an adapter plate for the GS 850

[loud et]

If you guys wanted any info or pictures of any period era performance part from this book, it is loaded, just ask and i will look and upload info. It has products from every company on the cover here. Lots of technical numbers too on various products.

[Chuck78]

Wow, what a cool bonus!

can you look up in there to see if it is new enough to list a big bore kit for the GS650? that bike just came out that year, so it may not, but I have always been wondering about the Wiseco kit they use to make, a part number would help me search the internet for a new old stock set, doubt any are kicking around but who knows.

[loud et]

[loud et]

[Chuck78]

Nice! Thanks for the photos! So it looks like we all need to call up Wiseco and see if we can get a group purchase price on a re-make of their early 1980's Wiseco K740 piston kit for a 741cc GS650 with it's closed chamber raised runner head! Better option than 650 cylinders 750 pistons 80-82 GS550 head, IF we can get Wiseco to remake some of those old discontinued pistons, IF they have any CAD drawings left of their design... Thanks so much for posting this Adam, very cool score.

FYI, the right sides of the real VM29 smoothbore carbs are identified by this square casting with a production machining hole plugged off at the pilot passage:


The earliest VM29 Smoothbores do not have the big hex drain plug, most do however, but ALL will have this mark. FYI that is my stolen rack of smoothbores if anyone ever spots any with cracks at the gasket surface lip on the #1 and #4 carbs, and the backs of the fuel bowls also have A LOT of dents on them from a previous frustrated mechanic trying to knock loose stuck floats with a box wrench or something I assume. The stolen carbs are very easily identifiable. Other side:


looks just like a VM26SS from that side. identifying cracks on my stolen carbs, still 100% functional. Please everyone remember those marks if you see any for sale or on a bike with those cracks, picture permanently on my photobucket.


Are you going back there to dig through more parts again? If not, is it near Norm aka Storm 64? Not sure what all cool parts he has up there, but if it is a mega stash, my buddies at http://www.ricepaddy.com would very possibly be intersted in all the leftovers if someone bought the whole lot. Somebody go over there and check out what all else this guy has!!!!

[loud et]

I live 2 minutes from the guy, Norm lives an hour from me.
Not sure what he has....could be a lot, could be a little. He didn't give me the grand tour. I'll be talking to him though.

[roeme]

I live 2 minutes from the guy, Norm lives an hour from me.
Not sure what he has....could be a lot, could be a little. He didn't give me the grand tour. I'll be talking to him though.

Dibs on any GS 550 exhausts.