Yeah, racked is the only way to go with twin carbs for sure, and Aaen does suggest not going to twins unless you're really going 'twins' to the wall, so to speak, if you know what I mean?
Yes the Exciter is sharp, I far prefer the white ones to the black, or even the black and white.
Just picked up an 80 Exciter 440 in the fall, not too bad, all it really needs is a fuel pump, windshield, one left hood hinge, TLC, and of course a bumper and re-painting of the tank cover!
You wouldn't know of a source for new replacement bumpers would you?
I have been thinking about painting mine like yours. But from looking at your picture and others I have seen, one thing I will do for sure is what I have done with both of my other vintage sleds.
I never liked the look of that discoloration and crud under the windshield around the fasteners, so I made a polished stainless steel molding for it.
I took the windshield off, pressed it flat-ish on some paper and traced a pattern. Went to the local metal supermarket and found a scrap of 1/16" polished stainless steel that was big enough.
Took it home and traced the pattern on to it with a felt pen, center punched the holes, then took a zip cut disc on an angle grinder and very carefully cut it out.
Cleaned up the edges, drilled the holes, then bolted it on, one fastener at a time working from the center out and just molded it around the hood with my hands to bend it, (stainless is soft if you've never worked with it) and with just a wee bit of patience, I had a polished stainless molding for the bottom of my windshield!
It isn't that difficult, hides that crap and really dresses them up. I think it would go great with this color combination on an Exciter.
Thanks. G.