Topic: She is almost all good now!!!

[Scout]

I finally got enough courage to take the carbs out. It turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. Removing the airbox was probably the hardest, because it's such a tight fit. After that, I detached the throttle and choke cables, loosened up the clamps, and pulled the carbs right out.

As predicted, my slow jets were plugged. I took them out, and used a copper wire plus compressed air to clean then out. Cleaned whatever else I could, put everything back together, and she idles great now, and the throttle response is perfect too (I took apart the accelerator pump and cleaned it too, for a good measure)

I'm really glad that I did this instead of taking it to a dealer, it was a great learning experience.

One thing though - now when I pull the choke out, the RPMs barely rise, to about 2,000 on 1/2 choke, and when on full choke, the revs drop to 1,000, and the bike is ready to die... Any ideas?

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[Sam Green Racing]

Perhaps it's not cold enough to warrant the amount of choke that you are giving it.

Another point, the carbs may be set up on the rich side,......just my thoughts

Sam.

[Scout]

Well, I adjusted the cables again, set th points and timing, and she's perfect!! Went for a nice long ride (damn windy here today....) and had a lot of fun...

Thanks again to everybody, I think that during the winter I will take the carbs out again and do the complete cleaning job on them, just to have it nice and ready for the spring, and get the dyna s installed. I'll also take some pictures either today or tommorow and will post them...

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