hmm, well what would be the best option to make the mixture more rich? i really dont know anything about adjusting the carbs ...yet.

 

Do you know how many turns out your idle air mixture screws are?

 

no, but i could twist them in and count

 

hahaha, mark has this one. He is a faster typer.

 

i'm gonna have to remove my tank aren't i. allow me to consult my repair/maintenance manual/bathroom reader.

 

i talked to the previous owner and he said he though white smoke and fowled spark plugs he experienced were due to an over rich mixture... does that change any opinion? haha... i'm just not sure what to try to fix. should i try better air filters and see what happens?

 

wow, hell of a history. I am still thinking go back to baseline.

 

Is it possible the yay-hoo that owned the bike before you set the idle up real high to compensate for drilling out the jets? Drilling them out probably made the bike bog down a lot since the engine was being flooded with gas. setting the idle would have helped offset this problem until it idled long enough to becomeloaded up with too muchgasagain. That may explain why it will eventually return to idle only to choke out and die.

 

Isn't over the net diagnosis fun![8D]

 

NOT! lol
There are a lot of unkowns and bf issues. Go back to square one if there are questions as to previous and present issues.