Recent content by old and rusty

Thanks for the reply Tom, really appreciate it. When id picked up the carburetor/manifold combo from a guy on marketplace after talking him down to 100 bucks, id thought to myself this is too good to be true... just a little ironic that it actually was. .... would it kill them to exercise a...

Hey guys, back with yet more questions about my single carb conversion. ugh Got my new jets, swapped them out and though not quite as rich as before, still can't seem to achieve an acceptable idle. Feel like I'm possibly missing something obvious. Here's a dumb question...Do the two adjustment...

Have the new jet en route right now, expected to be here this Wednesday... I'm ready for round two, and ready to get after it. Thanks for the insight Tom, appreciate it.

Appreciate the response Tom, funny about jbugs. I'd ordered a #40 pilot jet from them, but there must have been a problem as they cancelled the order and refunded to the money. I've checked on Amazon and will be buying one through them. Right now I'm running a #55 pilot 127.5 main. When trying...

thanks guys, hope Joedrum doesnt mind questions...feel like ive got so many. Seems like single carb conversions are really polarizing. (from my experience on other goldwing sites anyway) Some people really liked the idea of them, while others definitely did not. think i saw too many you tube...

Appreciate you letting me tag along I've got a naked '77 GL1000 (didn't start out that way) that id picked up about 20 years ago. Still a work in progress. Aside from little things have done a dodge neon coil pack conversion, and have been attempting a single carburetor manifold conversion...