loss of power

[Anonymous]

I bought a 78 gs1000, it had been rebuilt and only had 14000 original kms on it. she ran great for about a month, probbly 500kms, just used a lot of gas, then one day she started very difficultly, had no power and I only made it home by jacking the idle knob way up. Toolk it in for a checkup and was told I need new carb kits, so i sprung for those, there was still no power, although it was slightly better, and the idle would ngo from over 2000, to crapping out altogether from one stoplight to the next, what should I look at next
Chev

[Anonymous]

check your spark plugs, i bet them dogs are black black.

[focus frenzy]

also being a 78 model have a look at the points make sure they are set to the correct gap and the contacts are clean.

[Bill + Karen]

I would second the points idea too. Karen just barely made it home today on two clylinders. Some idiot (me) forgot to lube the new points when he put them in. The bike ran fine for about 250 miles then crapped out. :roll: Safe Riding, Bill