Carbs..running fast!

[Guest]

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 :-(

[MisterCinders]

Undo throttle? Maybe a slide or cable is sticking.

[Sexysuzi]

shall give this ago now..

any other ideas?

[hampshirehog]

When you say she's jetted, what is in there?

[Homie]

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.

[Nessism]

Did you change the intake boot O-rings?



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