Wow, just wow....

 

^this

I'm surprised people are still trying to help this guy.

 

 

You are rather pompous, aren't you. Mikuni Corp. says that crackling under decel is not a sign of any problem, it is normal. Are you more knowledgeable than Mikuni Corp.? You bitch about everything anyone has said. People with serious skills. You can't follow the simplest of directions to tune idle mix using idle drop, what riders and even car tuners used long before any A/F meters were used. Honda even had a special tool tachometer that read in 10 rpm increments for fine balance and idle mix adjustment.

You must also clearly never have dealt with a carbureted car that required partial throttle to start when warm. I have. Wasn't unusual. Carbs ain't EFI. And virtually every version of Honda Nighthawk 550-700 required slight throttle opening on warm start - and I think Honda had a pretty good idea of what was going on. Those bikes were the easiest starting quickest warming of any of the mid-80s motorcycles using carburetors. Hell, Yamaha used to have a special throttle set on one of their bikes that would crack the throttle open to a specific setting to start. Maybe you should become a motorcycle engineer since you seem to think you are better than the manufacturers.

Just because you cannot figure it out does not make the rest of us ignorant.

 

Weren't bright enough to pay attention to the gauge you bought to do the work and you blame us? You never turned the needle to see what the A/F meter read and it's our fault? Really... I'd have turned the screw until I got the reading needed, changing jetting if necessary. Duh!

 

Sounds like you need to find a new forum brother. FWIW... All the advice I've received here on the forum has been worth MUCH more than I have paid for it so I'm gonna stick around and listen to klx678, klxster, and the others who've been there and done that. My '09 is running sweet based on the info they've shared, and I will come back and ask again when I get ready to do the 351!