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More suck, Better squeeze for a bigger bang and space to blow.

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At the end of the 2016 season I had to return a lot of loaned parts. That included the carbs (2 sets), exhaust and even the crank. These have been grouped together to pick out the interesting bits of this part of the build. Suck My standard carburetors had to go back to Andy and I had already returned the set that I actually raced with to Sy. The bike had already been stripped for parts by Ian who borrowed it to try and make Silverstone on his own machine but sadly his back had other ideas so I didn't need to pull as much apart here. New Mikuni VM32 carbs were supplied from eBay USA for nearly half the price I can get them in the UK. Thankfully I was state side so the shipping was cheap too. I found it cheaper to buy them separately rather than as a pair but care has to be taken to get a Left and a Right carb as the idle screw will be masked on the right carb otherwise. I also ordered a set of new throttle cables as my current (one sodding race old) cables had the wro...