I am having a issue with black smoke out my tailpipe. I know the carbs are burning a little rich and was wondering if I was to take out the airbox and put in pods, will that make it better or worse?
Thanx
Thanx
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Well if it's running rich, removing the air box and adding pods should help towards leaning the mixture out; but it won't make it right.
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If you spend the time and effort to tune it properly it could be better. Tuning the VM carbs on your '79 is quite straightforward. But it takes a lot of time to get it right.
But fixing the reason for the richness would be a lot easier. Floats must have a problem, or the choke is open a little bit, or something simple like that.
Take them apart and see what is wrong. It is absolutely guaranteed to need new O rings by now, that could be all that is wrong.Comment
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Hi,
What do the plugs look like? Have you ever changed the stock jetting? Did you over-oil your air filter? Have you adjusted the valves lately? Pod filters are too much of a hassle in my book. I like my airbox.
Check your "mega-welcome" in your other thread for the low-down on how to get these bike running their best.
Thank you for your indulgence,
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