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All - I have rebuilt the carbs and adjusted the shims on my '81 850. My questions have to do with adjusting everything well enough to get her to fire up after putting everything back.

For example, after I bench sync the carbs, do I leave the throttle plates open at the large paper clip diameter or close them (via the idle adjuster) before putting them back on the bike?:confused:

Also, when I adjust the throttle cable, do I just take out the slack on the cable so everything starts off fully closed? I'm thinking that with the throttle released that the cable should just be tight enough so that when the throttle is turned the plates start opening up.

You'd think after rebuilding the carbs and adjusting shims that this wouldn't be hard, but I've never been here before...

Any help will be appreciated.

Rich
 
Set the throttle stop so there is a crack of light visible, then once it is running and warmed up adjust the idle speed with the throttle stop knob. If it is closed too much it won't start, opened too much it won't start and if it does it will rev way up. So yeah, just a crack. Probably half the width of your paper clip for starters. I don't know, I don't use the paper clip method. Just a crack.

The cable should be just not quite taut, so that the throttle rests on the throttle stop when the throttle is not opened... Once it is running on the centerstand, let it idle, swing the handlebars full stop both ways, if the engine revs up the cable is too tight, or it's not routed correctly. There should be just a tiny amount of slop in the twist grip before the engine revs up.
 
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