Question about 28mm pumper carbs

I found a set of rebuilt 28mm carbs with the external acc. pumps for my 76 900 for $485. Seller will jet them for my application. Bike is basically stock except for a header, K&N's and dyna elec ingition. My goal is to just have a good runnin and good idling bike for the street. I just wanted some feedback from kz owners that are runnin these carbs before i purchase them. Any known issues with them? Thanks.

Good for your 900 but, ...TOOOOO much money, for 28s, Me thinks
Pete

Thanks for the reply Pete. So $485 is too much? Most 28's i found for sale were in the 150 to 200 price range and they needed rebuilt so i thought 485 was a fair price for a rebuilt ready to run set. The seller is Redline cycles, i called and spoke to Jim today and he guaranteed me a rebuilt & jetted set for my bike, $508 with the shipping.

Jim rebuilt my motor on my 80 LTD 1000, & talked me into getting Mikuni RS 34 s ,A nice upgrade for my bikes performance, for my bike that has a 1075 kit in it & he bought the 28 pumpers that were on my bike that were jetted for pods & header for 125.00, Jim is a great guy to deal with, & very knowledgeable guy, when it comes to these old Kaw's, but he is in a business to make money, Try giving Peter1958 a P.M.. I believe he has many sets of 28s & can help you out, if not, you can always P.M.
Brian @ ...kz10006
P.S. DONT mention this conversation with Jim, don't want to loose him as a friend & some one I can call for advise !!
Pete, & good luck !!

Pete how did you like the 28's? Did they perform/idle good? Any issues?

I read a write up on Larry C's site a while back(just checked and couldn't find it) but the general gist of the write up was that the 28s are a great set of carbs for a stockish engine. They are close to the 29 smoothbores in size, and offer an accelerator pump. I just purchased a set that needs rebuilt, because I was sold after reading the article. I'm sure that I will end up with 3-400 bucks wrapped up in them by the time they are dialed in. Bear in mind that doesn't even begin to cover the hours that I will have into rebuilding/tuning them. And there will be many hours if the vm26's are any indicator!

I liked the pumpers on my '79 MKII - when I parked it for half a day I'd jump on, give the throttle a couple of quick twists, fire her up, and ride away without choking it. Like has been said - good carbs for a stock-ish engine.

considering a nice rebuild on a set of 150.00 pumpers is going to run you $350.00 i don't feel like the price is to high.

i have ran 28mm accelerator pumps on several different versions of kz 1000 engines and have always been very pleased with them.

you can't go wrong there as far as i am concerned.

hth,

leon

68dave, like every one said ,28 pumpers are a nice upgrade on a stockish motor ,good performance & pretty much trouble free, just saying, if you're not in a big hurry, shop around or put up a post in the wanted section of this forum
Pete

Thanks for the responses everybody. So i decided to purchase the carbs from Jim @ Redline cycles. I called and spoke to him yesterday about availability, price & shipping and he told me $509 shipped to my door and he never mentioned me having to ship back a set of core carbs until i received a email from him this afternoon. This may be a deal breaker for me.

HMMM !! :huh: :huh:

I sent Jim a email that he didn't mention a core and he quickly responded that because he didn't mention the core during our phone conversation regarding the price that he will waive it for me. I like that he resolved the issue so quickly so i'm gonna go ahead and make payment for the carbs.