aftermarket carbs?

[gregvhen]

has anyone ever tried hooking up some aftermarket carbs? or any carbs off a differant make twin?  dirt bike carbs? single car carb? anytihng to fix the problems that GS carbs seem to have alot?

[jeremy_nash]

I believe the carbs off a katana are similar, you would have to use the outer 2 carbs though

[BaltimoreGS]

anytihng to fix the problems that GS carbs seem to have alot?

Once dialed in GS carbs are as reliable as anything else I have ever owned.  The biggest problem I had was tank rust on my '89 clogging the jets.

-Jessie

[gregvhen]

yea i started a tear down today and am gonna do my tank right. i found alot of nasty gas when i drained just what was in the lines.

[BaltimoreGS]

Add an inline fuel filter when you reassemble the bike.  They are only a few buck at a motorcycle shop.  Don't use an automotive filter, they won't flow enough fuel in a gravity fed bike.

-Jessie

[dauphinc]

just drive the thing. the fuel flow keeps it decently cleaned out, if you put good fuel in it. carbs are made to be used, and hate to sit for a while. i work on the things all day at work.

[RichDesmond]

just drive the thing. the fuel flow keeps it decently cleaned out, if you put good fuel in it. carbs are made to be used, and hate to sit for a while. i work on the things all day at work.

Yep. There's no "problem" with the GS's carbs, other than that they get gunked up from lack of use. Just like all other carbs.

[gregvhen]

Add an inline fuel filter when you reassemble the bike.  They are only a few buck at a motorcycle shop.  Don't use an automotive filter, they won't flow enough fuel in a gravity fed bike.

-Jessie

thanks for the tip, i actually added a GM filter a little bit ago cause i still had some rust in my tank after attempting to clean it real good.

[The Buddha]

You cannot clean the rust. You have to get it out with acid, and coat it with kreem or POR15 or something.
Buddha do GS tank for 100 bucks. However if its very rusty, I recomend punching a hole in the top, welding in a tube into it and when the tank goes back on the bike, you run a hose on that with a freeflow valve and it works as a vent.
Cool.
Buddha.

[gregvhen]

yea im gonna be ordering the POR15 get shortly.

[The Buddha]

The hardest part with POR15 is that the tank has to be bone dry ... the tank dont drain 100% and you will have to swab up a pint or 2 of water. The thing is, invisibly there is water @ the welds like near the filler cap etc too. Getting it dry before it rusts is always the game with it. Acetone helps if there is only traces of water.
Cool.
Buddha.

[johnny ro]

filters are great etc etc but not perfect final solution for rust. I have cleaned rust dust out of filtered carbs. Very fine stuff, and I think it was not a paper filter, one of those screw together glass filters with compressed discs for an element.

Somewhere I saw a paper filter tear, letting the whole mess go through all at once.