As I said, it will run now. I have to pull the choke and crack the throttle, and then adjust the idle with the idle adjustment ****... and then it will idle fine. I used to be able to warm it up by just holding the choke though... hmmmm.[/align]

 

Sounds like Carb problems...... When you cleaned the carbs, did you do a complete disassembly, or just pull the bowls? Did you remove the jets? The jets are so tiny compared to a car engine.....example: A 500cfm holley 2 barrell would have , If I remember correctly, .56 jets. Your bike, comparetively would have .15 jets....Bike has small openings. Pull the jets and run a small wire thru them, just to make sure they are not plugged whatsoever. I usually use a couple strands of speaker wire. Are all the floats adjusted properly? Not to high? Not to low? Did you pull the needle and seat? How are the little rubber o rings on those? Bike carbs a way more finicky than a cars. I know you said you can work on cars, so you can do the carbs no problem, it's just a little more meticulous.....

IF you still haven't got it figured out, I have a link somewhere I can give ya, that shows all the carb specs, etc......If you need it.

 

Yeah... I have come to the conclusion I'm probably going to have to disassemble it AGAIN and completly take the carbs apart and let them soak. I just pulled the bowls. I squirted out all the jets and it looked good... but it may not have been. I said I work on cars... but everything I do is EFI. I have no carb experience. :-/ Oh well. I have the haynes book and it pretty well shows the disassembly but I'm still nervous about it. (though I'm sure if I can rebuild an engine I can rebuild a carb) I'm just forging new territory. Any links anyone has with carb info in it are very welcome. Thanks all.

 

Ok... I'm about sick of fooling with this carb bull crap. This bike is getting an EFI system within the next few weeks. All parts are ordered and in the mail.