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Carbs..running fast!

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Sexysuzi

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Decided to clean my carbs on my GS550 1979 (CV style)

I have cleaned as per the guides on here - broken down every bit.

I thought the bike was running a tad rich, so I drop the needle, now on the last notce. Bike is jetted with pods, 4 into 1

Performance of the bike is amazing. Very quick. But I can't get the bike to idle, after a while it settles down if the undo the throttle cable, i rev, then the bike returns to 4000 rpm.

I have checked for air leaks.

Could this be because the bike is running to rich? I just can't reach the screws.

any ideas????

Had this set up perfectly before :-(
 
Several threads and numerous posts here on the "hanging" idle issue. Search the forum with "hanging idle" and you should get some ideas on what to check. Some kind of a vacuum leak seems to be the most common suspect. Good luck.
 
Did you change the intake boot O-rings?

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You might want to check the Newbie Mistakes thread linked in my signature to see if anything rings a bell.
 
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