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Holy shit! Possibly carb problems?

Started by grannyknot, August 22, 2011, 06:46:45 PM

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Bozo

Even though the jets could be the problem, do not discount the sync being the out, jetting would affect the mixture and would show up as a hesitation.

If you adjusted the idle by setting the butter flies and not the idle mixture screws, the same condition will occur. You should set the butterflies all the same (ie. they should open evenly) then adjust the idle mixtures to suit the cylinders. If the butterflies are uneven then the idle will behave similar to mis adjusted pilot jets.
First major bike in my life was a Mach III widow maker.
My Second permanent bike 1978 Z1R (owned since Dec 1977)
My Third permanent bike is the 89 FJ12 - nice and fast
Forth bike 89 FJ12 my totally standard workhorse
81 GPZ1100 hybrid - what a bike, built to sell but I can't part with it

andyb

Yup!  Jet it with a best guess and clean carbs that don't leak.  Set the synch, then start fine tuning things.  Otherwise you can chase problems by applying the wrong solution and just end up running yourself in circles.

grannyknot

UPDATE. Just received the 155 air jets from Randy and installed them , problem solved!
The needles remain where they were(circlip second from the bottom) and it is running beautifully.
Thank you gentlemen.
Now that I know the engine is good and is running properly I get to start the frame off tear down.
84 Yamaha FJ1100L
82 Honda CB450T
70 Suzuki T500
90 BMW K75S