I bought it off him, but before that he took it to a local garage to have the bike checked out. They stripped the carbs and cleaned them all etc. and the bike runs very nice now. Lovely smooth ride thanks to the shaft drive.
However, the thing wont idle. Coming to a junction in 1st the bike will idle for a few seconds, but then the idle gets really slow and the bike stalls. It starts ok immediately after but at standstill I have to open the throttle slightly. The bike idles around 500 rpm which to me seems slow.
It will start easily on a cold day with the choke out, but once the bike warms up, the engine runs slowly even with the choke fully out and then stalls.
I am going to take the bike back to the garage to let them have another look, but from doing a search on this site it would appear I am not alone in my problems. Seems to be a common problem amongst those people with the same carbs who have cleaned them.
I'm not very mechanical minded and before I go back to the garage I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of what I should suggest may be wrong, or if there are any tests I can do myself. Like I said, the bike runs lovely when on a run, its just when I come to a stop and after a second or two, it stalls.
Here is a link to a picture of the bike:
Welcome any comments, great site by the way, has been very helpful already.
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