For Sale - WTB carburetor connection parts

[NickB]

Just picked up a project this is my second XS i am building and I don't have the 3 parts to connect the carbs together the top bracket bottom angle and the rod. My bike is a 1975. Hoping to just buy the parts and not the whole carburetor setup. If there are any idea's or part numbers I can use to look these up that would be a great help also.

Thanks,
Nick

 

[member28833]

Nick, do investigate the intake manifolds as well. It seems that bikes with "linked BS38'S" may have later manifolds too. Not sure but likely

 

[NickB]

I have those everything was together in a small box and it came with rebuild kits. I rebuilt one and then started looking for those parts and realized they were missing. I looked through all the boxes of parts and no dice. I will probably just buy a assembled set of carbs but I hate to take them off a usable set if I could find someone with just the parts. The guy he bought the project from was doing a cafe bike and scraped a ton of parts I would have passed but it came with a lot of nice parts which are worth almost what I paid for the bike so now I have a basket case to sort lol.

 

[willis]

Nick, if you have factory 75 carbs then they are not linked. I’m not sure what year they started linking them together, but I’m sure someone here will chime in. I’ll see if I can find a pic for you.

 

[willis]

Pic of stock 75 carbies. They are independent and only connected with fuel line. Choke only operates left carb.

 

[NickB]

Ok I looked around on ebay and it looked like they had 1975 as the starting year. The last bike I built was early 80's and was linked this bike has the tubes running to both carbs and a throttle cable mount on each side with a single choke lever found a set local for $50 bucks are they interchangeable through out the years?

 

[NickB]

Should have waited thats what I have ok I figured I was missing stuff looks like I am ok.

 

[willis]

Yes, dual cable and single choke. I think you are good.

 

[NickB]

Thanks I still might buy the extra set just to have them.

 

[grizld1]

First year of linked carbs was 1976.

 

[NickB]

Thanks I have the rebuilt and installed I am trying to figure out the wiring right now the OP had it wired for a xs charge PMA KIT and the starter is still wired but no switch so I tried kicking it and I seem to not have any spark on the left cylinder.

 

[JRay77]

I believe "5 Twins" has several pictures of jets, needles and what years. I have these charts screenshotd' somewhere.