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Surging and not accelerating properly

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Just getting back from a 10 day excursion from New Haven, CT to Marthas Vineyard.
Took my 1982 GS 1100E which ran beautifully for the entire trip to the island, around the island and part of the way home.

However in Falmouth I lost my top end speed and the throttle seemed to bog in 4th and 5th gear at higher RPMs. The bike was kind of surging and I couldnt comfortably maintain highway speed.

Any idea what this could be? It seemed like a fuel issue. I limped the bike home and it appeared to get better as the trip went on. Kind of came on out of no where.
 
New Stator, Regulator/Rectifier and new battery. Charging system is healthy.
 
Too much salt air! If you feel sure about charging system, then it sounds like some bad gas (i.e. water). try a dose of Seafoam or equivalent and see if problem vanishes.
 
I thought that gas may be the culprit. I gased up on the Vineyard a few times and I know the turnover at some of those pumps is slow which leads to water accumulation in the tanks. Im going to run out what is left and fuel up with some known good gas to see if that fixes it.
 
You didn't over-oil your air filter, did you?
Check the airbox and even the carbs.
 
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hmm I do have what appears to be oil seeping from the carbs. Not very much. Just a small bit, but it does look like oil and the bike does consume some oil....
How was the cylinder head gasket replacement. Big PITA or easy?
 
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