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I can’t find them

Well I enjoyed that. “thumbs up emoji” lol

Yep, I like what I’m seeing. Approve of the Hindle system with long muffler and end cone. A couple of years ago I rescued a ‘82 Katana from being parted out, got it running, pod filers & Ist gen V&H pro pipe.

Pod air filters and exhaust are a very common modification, if there is a proven stage one carb kit go with that. If not the kit try raising the needle, 130 main on 26mm carbs seems a bit big to me but I can’t remember back that far when I was doing that particular bike. You probably know you shouldn’t up the main to cover lean needle part or low slide opening carburetion. How many sizes up did you go on the pilot? Fuel screws can be turned out as much as three turns (can’t they)? It has both an air screw and fuel screw, interesting, I’m not sure I remember seeing that. Hope this helps

When I was getting my SZ going I soaked the tank cap in carb cleaner, it loosened up the black paint and I wound up with a brass colored cap

Ok I’d like to know what a Kat pop up cam is?

You can get a little boost in compression by adjusting the valves to the loose side of spec. They stay on the seats longer and trap more air in the cylinder. Degreeing the cams will help a good bit too

You’ve got a nice project there, congrats on the find. To me the GSX1100 engines look better than the 1150’s especially in custom frames. The 1100’s make good power but if you’re thinking you’d like more they respond well to a cam upgrade, displacement increase, and a bit more compression. A high velocity free flowing exhaust with a set of performance carbs will certainly complement the engine mods

Suzuki San, wyze mahn get the slides to respond a bit more quickly, shim the needles, open the fuel screws, and use the proper main for your set up and CV’s are pretty good, not too tempermental either.

36 cv’s tuned properly should work well

Someone put those in for a reason but you have to wonder what was the reason. If running without an air box put 140’s in all four, see how it runs and check the plugs.

I have a U.S. spec GS1100E 1981 model and I went 3 teeth less on the rear sprocket. Made it reasonable for interstate riding

Interesting, tell me more

Congrats on the 2 valver, I had a ‘78 bought new, iirc it was 1800 bucs.