Carbuerator Horror

So here's a brief update, hell it doesn't even contain ALL that I did last night. Oh well. You know how it goes, get going on a project and just forget to take photos of what you're doing. But anyways...

Here you can see the cracks in the carb diaphragms I found during disassembly. Yeah wasn't too happy about finding that seeing is how new ones from almost ANY source I could find would cost $70 a piece. Luckily I found a link on www.xs650.com to a guy who makes diaphragms for $20 a piece.

So here's the carnage after I removed both diaphragms. The stock ones were held in place on the slide by those plastic rings. That's why replacements are generally so expensive. The diaphragms come WITH the slides. But luckly http://jbmindustries.com/ makes and sells JUST the diaphragm. If any of you reading this have Mikuni carbs and need diaphragms I suggest this site.

Here is the new diaphragm installed on one of the slides. Very easy installation. Hardest part was removing the plastic rings and sanding off any sharp corners from the slide or the carb body.

Just another angle of the diaphragm installed. After I took this picture I just went to town on pre-assembling both carbs. Make sure I'm not missing any pieces and all of the pieces went together correctly. I installed a brand new carb kit on each carb as well as new floats in each. So I need to adjust the new floats. Warm weather is coming and I'm feeling the pressure of getting the bike on the road. Can't wait to see you all the road. I'll be that guy on the bare steel, wires hanging, mismatched paint job, unfinished bike next to you grining from ear to ear while you point and laugh!!!