Cylinder 1 and 2 running rich?

[Guest]

Hi, I recently purchased an '83 GS850, and have been working on getting it back up and running. I've noticed that unspent fuel is coming out of the exhaust pipe from cyliners one and two. I pulled the spark plugs and they were both wet so I replaced all 4 sparkplugs. I checked the spark, and thats good. Previous owner says he had the carbs professionally cleaned. Any one have any ideas on what might be wrong?

[BassCliff]

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[tylerhurley94]

Thanks! I forgot to mention the petcock is working, I checked that as well.