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It had idling and other issues. I had a guy that is pretty good on old bikes go thru the carbs with K&L carb kits but used the original jets etc. Now it runs and idles pretty good but at full throttle and high revs (7,000 or so) it will fall flat on it's face. Runs OK and will rev out under normal riding even passing etc. All 4 cylinders will starve out at the same and backing off the throttle will bring it back to normal. If I hold the throttle open it will just surge along until I back off some. I have good flow to the carbs and it didn't do this before the carb job. The only idea I have is that he set the float levels too low and now they won't drop far enough to feed it at full throttle, high revs. Any other ideas or comments?
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Sounds similar to TerryLee's latest thread. After you check your floats, check his problem out. Maybe you both got bit by the same gremlin. http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=178252 -
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