Heres my problem. When the bike is cold, it will die at the light. As it warms up the idle gets higher and higher, like 4-6k higher. However my adjustment to the screw has little affect. When i try to adjust it even the slightest bit, it will go down a bit and then die. The bike has great response and no loss of any power. Can anyone recommend anything? I'm at my wits end on this one.
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 serious idle problemsOk heres the story. I'm in the midle of turning my 1981 GS550 into a cafe. I have tucked the electrics up into the seat, and installed pod filters. The cheap ones :/. Now at the moment i have 100 main jets in there, and have not touched the pilot jets. I have the screws turned out to about 3 3/4. and have not messed with the needle. I have rebuilt the carbs twice, new o-rings and new intake hoses. I have even gone through the trouble of teflon-ing the vaccuum screws. There are no air leaks that i can think of.
 
 Heres my problem. When the bike is cold, it will die at the light. As it warms up the idle gets higher and higher, like 4-6k higher. However my adjustment to the screw has little affect. When i try to adjust it even the slightest bit, it will go down a bit and then die. The bike has great response and no loss of any power. Can anyone recommend anything? I'm at my wits end on this one.Tags: None
 
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 Sounds like you still have an air leak or the "choke" plungers are not seating fully.
 
 You have a header on there or stock exhaust? Not that it will help your (lack of) idling situation, but your main jets are only three sizes larger than stock.
 With pods (only), that might not quite be enough. If you have a pipe on there, too, that is definitely not enough.
 
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