I have no idea how you qualify a a piece of tapered steel as junk. They are definitely not junk. Sounds like you are on a crusade for dynojet products!
btw, $86 (before shipping) for a couple of needles, clips, springs, and some jets?
I might throw $50 at something like this but close to $100? I don't think so....
The TBS needles did exactly what I expected them to (cured a mid-range slump) and I only paid $7 apiece.
