TonyGee

it looks like some more carb work is needed can you get hold of a good set of carbs to try on ?

without reading the whole thread ! have you checked the compression on all 4 cylinders ?

its recommended to go with the bigger front sprocket as it gives more chain clearance at the front of the swingarm pivot area.

Happy days i know what you mean about old brakes !!!! just done up a 1978 Z1000 and first ride i went over the junction when i tried to stop crapped me self !!!!

with my first one I blanked off the 50mm holes and drilled fresh holes for a 44mm tap further forward. made a 10mm ally plate to sit inside the tank and use the tank steel as a sandwich. its a bit of fun getting the plate to line up inside but doesn't take long, ive done this 3 times now and never had an issue. i was gona do the same thing with my current bike/tank but just where the tap would go the steel is rippled so not smooth enough to seal. you can see in this pick the new tap position and the blanking plate.

I really don't like the 50mm fuel taps. if the vacuum part fails you cant use the prime position to get you home !!!!! even though they have a prime position you still need vacuum to open the valve to get the fuel flowing !!!! madness

every days a school day

yeah their must be method in their madness !!!! I know on one of my tanks I blanked the crappy 50mm tap off and used a 44mm tap just in front of the carbs.

it does come across as pretty random

whats the air filter like ?

that would make sense but looking at a lot of pic's of both 750 and 1100 theirs no definite answer !!!! but who's to say the tanks haven't been changed ?

we in the UK got the better tank

not 100% sure but going by the bikes/tanks ive had the early large tanks had the 50mm tap at the rear and the later tanks the 44mm in the middle. but don't quote me on that

welcome to the world of old Japanese motorcycles

the GS1100E link you posted the tyre is measured in the old imperial way back then, but now they use the metric system, and the wheel width on that bike is 2.50 inch x 17

for the second time YES !!! here is my GSX1100 with a 4.5inch 600 bandit wheel fitted and wearing a 160 tyre

thats the tyre size not the wheel width.

i have a 120/70x17 on the front and it seems to handle ok.

probably not, but tyres arn't always the width they say they are !!!! don't forget you have to think about the chain alignment as well.

no prob, i have the same setup on my GSX1100 right now, but it will be getting a 180 fitted soon with a B12 swinger.

yes it will fit.

well if we are showing pic's of bandits, i know everyone likes the brown ones with wire wheels

I remember the first bike shop i worked at, we got the first RC30 in the area in and their was a bloke (copper) walking round it, he said to me "its nice but not quit an RC30 is it" I said it IS an RC30 !!!!! I just watched his face turn a shade or red the guy was a knob head anyway.

then you don't need an offset sprocket, you can take the spacer down a few mm but not to much as it gets too close to the crankcases, as said you can move the engine over to the right but keep in mind the exhaust down pipes in the frame down tubes. you can move the rear sprocket out with some sort of spacer as long as the chain clears the tyre and frame.