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You know the feeling - we've all been there ..... I just finished putting the bare bones of my GL1200 together - everything came back from the powder coaters and I was a frenzied wrencher and felt quite pleased that I had done a good day's work on my pride & joy. Until I saw this part which has...

I have just bought my next project, a 1984 GL1200 which REALLY needs some tlc. It runs quite well but has an atrocious engine rattle at tickover. I know that this can be worse if the carbs are out of balance but they have just been balanced to eliminate this as the cause. The rattle is clearly...

Following my disastrous Weber conversion saga I have decided to go back to standard carbs. Taking it one stage further, I decided to delete the secondary air feed stuff which I believe was for the Californian bikes. Now, my question is what size should my main jets be? I have ordered a carb...

Hi guys, I am new here so be gentle with me on my first post :) I am currently building a custom GL1200 bobber, stripping everything back to basics except for the carbs. I am on a tight budget so I intend to put a pair of 'clone' Weber 40 IDFs on custom made manifolds. As far as I know, no one...