GL1000 Carb Rebuild | Randakk's Blog

World’s Best GL1000 Kit!

This kit is proprietary to Randakks…you won’t find this available anywhere else at any price.

Unlike ordinary aftermarket kits, each Randakks kit provides everything listed for all 4 carbs plus other items required for splitting and rejoining the carbs to replace the cross-carb fuel transfer tubes.

Only the highest quality items are included. This kit has been thoroughly tested and represents the best value available in the market.

Trust us, you’ll need everything in this kit to do a proper overhaul of your carbs.

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I find the factory recommended idle mixture screw setting specs to be very close to ideal. They are listed here for the Honda GL1000.

**Idle FUEL Mixture Screw on Honda GL1000**

I do usually richen them up an extra 1/8 to 1/4 turn (out) to compensate for the leaner modern “gasoline” which is diluted with ethanol in most US markets.

But sometimes, you just need an excuse to do some high performance tuning on your bike! 🙂

Continue reading “Not so “Green,” No-Drop Idle Mixture Adjustment Method” →

Happy New Year, Goldwing lovers!

Looking back on 2017, you probably put a healthy number of miles on your Honda. You know this is right up the Randakk’s alley when we say that you may be due for a carb cleaning/rebuild.

Is your motorcycle hard to start?
Is it running a bit off-kilter?
When you dial the throttle, are you getting the desired performance?
Do you ride with the choke on? (this means you have a clogged pilot jet)
Sluggish acceleration?
Bad fuel economy?

These are all signs that your bike is in need of some carburetor love. In most scenarios, there’s only really one way to see if your carbs are due for a complete rebuild: pull them off the bike and take a look inside. And since you have them off and dissembled, you might as well do your future self a favor and rebuild them now.

January’s Featured Products are dedicated to those precious carburetors, everything from the all-inclusive Randakk’s Carb Rebuild Kits to the e-clips.

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This is covered in my GL1000 Carb Rebuild Video, but just in case you haven’t made that great investment…

Here’s a photo showing the location of the all-important GL1000 Carb Codes:

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It is very important that the intake runners on your GL1000 provide a leak-free connection between the individual carbs and the cylinder head. During carb rebuilds, I remove the intakes for individual inspection and leak testing. This is also necessary to gain access for inspecting the throttle butterfly plates and retaining screws as well as the idle nozzles.

However, you probably shouldn’t disturb the bonded rubber connection to the carbs any more than necessary. Remember these parts are 25+ years old and the rubber is not as pliable as when new.

Continue reading “Removing / Installing Intake Runners” →

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