carb age?

[crazedfooter]

found these on ebay, I have just started reading about other carb options for our bike, i was wondering if you guys think these would work on my 82gs1100e.

Also whats the best way to tell how old the carbs are? I want to stick with something from the era nothing off of a new bike. any idea on these? any inputs or suggested reading is greatly appreciated.

thanks,
nick

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/mikuni-33mm-smoothbore-carburetors_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35597QQihZ001QQitemZ110240400048QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[GER144]

Those are VM33's, good carbs if they are in good shape. They would work fine on your 1100E. I have the same carbs on my '83 Kat-1100.
They were late 70's/early 80's performance carbs, no way to actually pinpoint the exact age.

These guys should be able to help you with any parts, info. There is a parts diagram on their site too for the VM33's.

http://www.sudco.com/

[crazedfooter]

thanks, im gonna have to look at bidding on those.

nick

[crazedfooter]

pods for carbs

looking for k and n pods, for my 33mm smoothbores. did some searches checked k and n's site out found these, looks like what i need but there were so many variations on size I just wanted to double check. I know I am lookin for 51 mm inside diameter, was just unsure on length/width etc.

http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=RC-1824

if these won't work for any reason let me know so i can avoid returning things

thanks,
nick

[rapidray]

The cool thing is that the filters for the 33s fit the STOCK cv carbs too! And the other way around. Ray.

[renobruce]

You did well! Those carbs usually fetch around $400.

[crazedfooter]

ya, i figured it was an alright deal, lookin forward to gettin this bike back together, I have done a whole lot of imagining what its gonna be like, hopefully its as good as i have built it up to be.