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Mitchv60:
Time for an update :)

Things have been going a bit slow because work has been hectic.
The carbs have now been sorted ,ultrasonically cleaned and serviced by my mechanic and then back to me for the cosmetic bits.
There was only so much i could do to them because of the state they where in.
All the rusty steel bits have been cleaned and sprayed,the carb bodies have been dremeled with a wire head.The carb mounting plate has been vapour blasted and I've given it a couple of coats of lacquer.Most of the nuts and bolts have been changed to stainless.
This is the finished result,it won't win any concourse shows but I'm pleased with the results compared to how they where when I removed them.




I'm still waiting on my exhaust which should have been here today but it now looks like the 14th >:(
On the plus side I've had 2 new clocks and a bracket arrive from dime city cycles in the states,very nice quality as well.



Thats about it so far,need to get the carbs back on now to see if it runs.

UK Pete:
Carbs look great, nice job, its amazing how many man hours can go into building carbs
Pete

K2-K6:
The carbs look like a good job and all being about right with the motor should give you a more than evens chance of getting it fired up.

It amused me that you appear to have the carbs in the kitchen.....just clear all that cooking malarkey out the way and make room for some real stuff.....starting off in style I think.

andy120t:
It's that level of detail I envy though. Look at every component / assembly in isolation and then say 'what needs doing to make this stand out on it's own'. Then, when it's all put together the attention to detail really hits you. I just wish I could do that .... usually I'm in too much of a rush to have it up and running, then I don't want to take it apart again.  I think I lack 'finishing skills'!

Mitchv60:
Yes I recon the carbs took me a good couple of weekends to do.

Yes the pictures where in the kitchen but that's only cause the lighting is good in there.

The brass caps are actually very polished it just doesn't really show in the pictures.
The only reason I've changed the clocks are because they are in such a bad state.They may be salvagable if you could find spares but it's unlikely plus there in kpm although I know you can get round that.

I've had another box of bits arrive tonight.

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