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Hey all, I have a 77' GS550 and I am having issues with my bike running at a high RPM. It does well at lower RPMs, plenty of power, but it wont run higher than about 4500-5000 it will just bog down. I am running pods and am in need of any suggestions, thanks!
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i have a 78 gs550 and i was running pods, it takes so much time and patience to get these 550s running right with pods, they dont like them at all. from my experience i would go back to the stock air box. i could get my 78 550 running right with pods and went back to stock air box and it was a breeze to get running, of course this is all in my own opinion that the 550s hate pods and dont run right with them -
That's what I'd really like to do but when i bought the bike it did not have the parts for the original air boxComment
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What jets do you have now?Comment
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I'm not sure, I've been trying to educate myself more on everything. My guess is what came stock with the bikeComment
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Hi babes.
I found a neat bodge for this very problem....
The standard air box generates quite a bit ov pressure inside the long tubing and box surrounding the filter.
With pods, there is very little back pressure created so i came up with this.....
I used an old inner tube from the bike and cut 5 inch sections out with scissors to give me 4 elasticated tubes...
These popped over the pods and were drawn right up to the end by the carbs so they completely covered the pods. Then i rolled then up from the back to the front...
This gives me adjustable air intake and also gives the carbs more internal suck.
If you still have a problem, you may need to upjet the Main jet up a few sizes. This will give more fuel at 3/4 throttle.
If it runs badly under 3/4 throttle then raise the needle inside the carbs up one clip.
Hope that helps some
Seana
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