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Will not idle

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I just bought the bike and had it in the shop for 2 MONTHS. The shop sent me on my way, but I found out on the way home that the bike would not idle w/o stalling. I don't want to take it back to the shop that worked on it for several reasons: 1. far from home 2. didn't figure it out in 2 months, etc.

I called one shop and they didn't think anyone around would work on a bike as old as mine - 83.

I am quite confident its a carb problem, and I'm considering on tackling it myself. I've never done work on a bike before, but have some experience working on cars. I am thinking of buying a rebuilt carb online. Will I be in over my head? Do you think this is actually the issue?

Thanks
 
Rebuilding these carbs is NOT HARD. Yes, I was intimidated at first. There are FOUR of them, and id never messed with them before. But if you FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL here on the home page of the GSR, it is explained in EXCELLENT detail, start to finish. It will go along way in helping you understand how your carbs work, and if you are going to own one of these, you'd better get a grasp on at least being able to do the regular maintenence items on it, cos a shop wont, and if you find one that does, they're gonna charge you ALOT to do a crappy job.

You'll need to get your intake boot and carburetor ORINGS from here:
www.cycleorings.com

READ THAT SITE THOROUGHLY TO ASSURE YOU GET THE THINGS YOU NEED


The carb rebuild guides are here:

http://www.thegsresources.com/gs_carbrebuild.htm

AGAIN: READ AND FOLLOW EXACTLY. DO NOT CUT CORNERS or you will have to likely do it again...seriously.
 
What he said....;)

And welcome!!

Now how about some info....year, model and your location.

OH! And extra points for pictures....:D
 
Thanks for the confidence boost! I am from Somerville, MA - The bike I just bought is a 1983 gs550. I don't have any pictures yet.

It's my first bike, so I'm really excited to get it running well. I'm itching to get back on the road.

Thanks again
 
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