Glad you are using gen gaskets,make sure the valve stem seals are gen as well,notice you have choke plungers out make sure the seals on the bottoms are in good shape as this is a common cause for richness,reset cam amd ignition timing,check needle clips are set on midposition..Good luck Paul J Than...

Thanks for the tip on the gaskets Paul, I have genuine rocker, head, base gaskets already - major seals are genuine - any others that need to be genuine? Managed to make some progress with the carbs on Sunday. Choke plungers got treated to new cotton reels and seals. http://i241.photobucket.com/albu...

Cheers, could do with some advice though. I've still not worked out what to do with the standard alum wheels, polish then paint or paint then polish? There's a bit of curb marking on the front edges I'm hoping they can be polished out. Some of you guys use progressive springs, I presume they would b...

After gaining inspiration from your awesome projects - it's my turn for some mechanical therapy! The bike - '1977 KZ1000 B1 Limited'. My aim - make a usable tidy bike for high days and holidays. Imported from California it has faired better than most UK bikes, surface rust in places, more spider nes...