GS1000 bike won't start

[Guest]

Hi everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. I recently cleaned and adjusted the carbs on my 79 gs1000, and upon reassembly the bike will not fire up. It has pods, and a Vance and Hiens exhaust with baffle. The pods are new, but the exhaust was on the bike when I bought it. I was wondering if anyone with a similar setup would share their mixture screw settings with me, as I believe that to be the culprit.

[chuck hahn]

Have you reprimed the carbs yet??? Set the petcock in the PRI spot and wait about 30 seconds. Full choke..hands OFF the throttle. Crank it and see what happens.

[chuck hahn]

79 SHOULD be VM26 carbs...so...with pods I would go out about 7/8 on the pilot screws ( bottom ones ) and 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 on the side mixture screws for a decent baseline. Leave the pilots alone and fine tune the mixtures off the side mixture screws.

[azr]

I very much doubt your mixture setting or you jets having anything to do with the bike not starting. Chuck might have the right idea about priming your carbs. What type of pods do you have on the bike? With pods and a 4 into 1 your will have to increase the size of your main jets for sure. You need to start with the main jets, then check out the mid range (your needle setting) then the pilot circuit (which is your mixture setting as Chuck was referring to) . There only 3 things the bike needs to fire up.....electricity, air and gas.

[Erkenstiz]

Thanks for the prompt feedback. I have K&N offset oval pods installed, the same ones everyone else seems to have. I raised the needles to the highest setting, two notches up from stock, and replaced the 95 mains with 130 Mikuni jets, which I have heard are approximately the same size as the dyno jet stage three mains. I know for a fact that it's getting spark, I got a pretty nasty shock while testing the number four spark plug. I will try leaving the throttle alone next time I go to start it up. Thanks for the Info!

[chuck hahn]

All the way up on the needles is way to rich I think too. I would drop them to the default middle groove and start the bike before I did anything. The jets are whats gonna change the fuel to the greatest effect right out the shoot. See what she runs like and what the plugs look like BEFORE assuming the clips need moved would be my approach.