Jim,
Ed (biker) and I have been playing with some different carbs. He has a pair of the 36mm Mikuni flatsides on his bike right now. They are relatively inexpensive (about $140 each), but require making a bracket ($15), new K&N air filters ($60 a pair - they are NOT the same as the freak ones), new throttle cable ($30) and jetting once installed. They are a bit more complicated to setup, but I think the work will be worth it once it's all done. Also the options for jetting, needles and such is almost unlimited - a very nice reason to use them. I also have a set of them in my garage with the new cable, bracket and filters, I just need to actually take the time to put them on the bike and dial them in. But with the nice weather we've had, i didn't want to make the bike unridable in case I got a day to go out again, like last week. Now that it's snowing and icy, I'll have to dig out the ole "round tuit" you sent to me.
We also played with some of the new Amal carbs from Norman Hyde, they pretty much sucked the big one. They leaked gas all the time and we could not get them to stop spewing no matter what we did, and we did everything - gaskets, hoses, o-rings etc etc. We put them on Matt's big bore bike and it ran like a beast when it did run, but it would quickly flood and die and leave the bike covered with gas everytime we rode the thing. They went back to Norman Hyde.
So, now we're playing with the Mikunis. we got them from Pro-Flo in PA. Once we get them figured out for a 780cc like Ed's, and a 904cc like mine, we will probably offer them for sale or give destructions for the brave to make their own up. I have been asked by some vendors to sell them through them, but I'm still debating if I really want to get into carb selling business. Might just be easier to splain it to everyone and let them have at it themselves. But, for enough money I'll eat dog poop.
