Scotia1000

These are the things I'm not sure of, I put some tape on the disc and marked out the brake pad where it would sit and it looked to be on all of the disc! maybe I better take a closer look, as you said, it shouldn't line up with one bolt in the original fork, (I would sooner buy a set of plates made up, But I am too far from any engineers, I also have a rear caliper that needs a bracket but that is well beyond me, They seem to be, I ground an angle on the plate so it would sit tighter and flater to the main fork leg, my original calipers have broken nipples, stripped threads, and seized a bit etc,

Thanks for reply, I just found a link here where they use 10mm plate,( 6mm does look a bit thin, )but it doesn't show if he uses a loose spacer or its welded on

Hi, I am trying to change my 1980 gs1000 front brakes with a set of Tokico calipers, I have made a rough bracket, 1. is the bracket big enough? 2. stainless or aluminium 6061-7075? (I have no idea what the plate I used was), 3. should I have a spacer made (4) and welded to the plate for bolt #2, any advice please,

Sorry to confuse the issue, the carbs are off a z1000 ltd 1983, I still have the engine (and thought the engine is the same as a 1000j as I tried the carbs on a 1000j 1982) I tried the them on the 1980 gs1000 but the rubbers seem to block a bit of the intake flow,

Hi, Thanks for the reply, I bought a 1980 gs1000, in bits, the guy had made his own intake plates and cut some 34mm rad pipe, but there's not enough on the intake to get a good clamp on for the vm carb, also it looks like the mixture screw has snapped off and it wont push out, so I have an old 1000j set of carbs I was going to try but need to find the rubbers to fit. Can't seem to source any gs1000 cv rubbers that are not over 150 quid.

Hi, did the kz900/1000 rubbers fit the CV head and vm carbs?

i took a set of mj 95 of my other gs 1000 carbs and tried them, it ran rough, sounded like fuel starvation, although tick over was higher? missing and back firing. i have a good set of cvs of an 83 kawasaki 1000j, i read that they might fit on the 1980 cv gs1000, they look like 39-40mm od on the intake with 35 mm spacing 1-2 +3-4 and 56mm from 2-3, anyone know what size the intake rubbers are on the cv gs 1000? i have seen the conversion intakes, slide to cv but cant get any sizes for stock cv intake rubbers

No mixture screw on base, so not suzuki carbs?

I will drop the bowls and re check the main jet sizes, will also see if the intake on number 1 will vacuum,

Thanks for your replies, Hope to get some photos in the next day or two. I also bought a 1978 gs1000e which is pretty stock, apart from 4:1, but the carbs are a mess, being stood for 20 years, they have the vacuum pipe between 2-3, I have stripped them right down and have a kit coming, they look like stock 95 main jets, although everything is a bit rusty and faded. Never felt right leaving bike on prime while running, like the idea of sourcing another vacuum from the intake, Changing the subject, I have just seen these carbs off a local marketplace, just says kawasaki mikuni's, don't think they are 650, but seems like a strange box under number 2, would that be an american emisions thing? guy asking 150 euros

Hi, Bought a basket case gs1000e. The head is a 1980 model, with home made plates with rubbers to take slide carbs instead of cv's, K and N filters and 4:1 baffled. The bike runs smooth on tick over and clean gear changes (slow build up) at 3500rm up to 80mph then struggles, coughs and splutters. I noticed the jets are 145, would it need this size because of the bigger intake and the modification? The carbs do not have a vacuum supply between 2-3 carbs but the tank fuel tap is not on/off type so I run it on prime with an inline on/off tap, would this make a difference? I don't know whether to try and lower the jet sizes or just source out a set of rubbers and cv carb. I took it for it's first test drive today 50 miles, will check the plugs this evening to see if they are too rich, any thoughts please, jim