The sound of dual pipes is awesome. I've owned an 1100 of some sort for about 13 years now with 4-1 pipes, pods. It's nice to have quiet power, makes it feel more powerfull, like, "how does it go this fast with no sound?" And boy is it nice to have a centerstand again!
Anyway, I have cleaned the carbs, set the float height, installed non-drilled slides, all the stock jetting, screws 2 turns out, new old stock paper air filter- 100% back to stock. I synched the carbs real good, tried to get the highest idle with the screws, and went for a ride.
A 1/4 throttle chop plug read said plugs are burning good, and it pulls so hard to redline I know the mains are burning well, but at idle I am getting nasty carbon fouling. The exhaust doesn't smell rich or smoke at all, and I did a valve adjustment less than 700 miles ago (probably still check it before summer), and the electrical system checks out well.
Any suggestions? I still have gas with stabilizer in the tank, but that wouldn't be this extreme would it? Never had a problem with the Stabil like that before.
The symtoms are:
cold startup is as usual. 3/4 choke to start, in 30 secs. 1/4 choke. After a minute or two I can back the choke off. Idles well at first, about 1300 rpms.
When still warming up the throttle is responsive, but in about 3-5 minutes the idle will suffer, and take off stumbles a little more.
After fully warmed up the bike will very slowly stutter to a stall (like 2 minutes) and throttle response becomes worse. The plugs are then caked with soot.
I guess I am planning on adjusting the float height a little less rich, and changing the gas out. I'll get new plugs again too. Any thing I am missing?
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