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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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Catastrophe or Nuisance?

Greg Jones (left) and Al Wransky (right). Photo by Scott Larson
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Flooding is a common problem in vintage Hondas – especially on bikes that don’t get run much. Flooding can be just a minor aggravation …like hard starting or poor fuel mileage. But, it can also lead to catastrophic problems such as severe engine damage or even a fire! Flooding issues should not be ignored!

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How many million mile motorcycles are there? Answer below. Read on!

Allan Zahrt with his Million Mile GL1000!

In the early seventies Honda launched without fanfare an ambitious project. Internally, Honda had a bold plan: to build the world’s best motorcycle. Not just the best Japanese motorcycle – the best motorcycle available anywhere in the world. Period! The eventual result of this project was revealed to the world at the Cologne, Germany International Motorcycle Show (INTERMOT) in October, 1974 as the GL1000.

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OEM Honda Timing Advance Unit Details:

This simple device is critical to proper ignition function on Honda GL1000s!
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You might consider this item: Randakk’s GL1000 Carb Rebuild Video

Emulsion tubes are perforated nozzles designed to pre-mix fuel and air for subsequent metering by the main fuel jets. Sometimes these are also called:

Main jet nozzles
Main jet holders

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You might consider this item: Randakk’s GL1000 Carb Rebuild Video

Allow me a little soapbox time. Early GL1000s are routinely criticized for having poor carburetion. The criticism has been repeated so often by so many that it has become accepted as fact. Here is my contrarian view: the early GL1000s have great carburetion set-ups! My personal ’76 GL1000 show bike has flawless, near-linear carburetion…rheostat-like throttle response, no flat spots, starts easily, warms up fast enough and has a decent idle. My carbs are completely stock except for a few minor tweaks I make on all the carbs I service. I’ve owned and ridden many bikes. I believe the stock set-up on a GL1000, properly maintained and tuned delivers results as good as you can reasonably expect on a 4 cylinder, 4 carb bike of this vintage with this level of performance. In fact, GL1000 carburetion is easy to sort compared to some of the demonic setups I’ve encountered (my Weber-equipped Ducati 750 Nuevo Sport wins the prize as the worst I’ve ever personally grappled with).

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