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  • mdturner
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    bogging badly, hardly accelerates

    So here it is. 1981 gs750 with uni pods, stage 3 dynojet kit. Did the valves last week, replaced carb o rings last month. Last week it started having some power loss, I thought the tune was off so I tweaked that but no changes. Today it got incredibly worse and can barely accelerate from stop without dying. It feels like a major vacuum leak but I can't find a crack on the boots. I have an inline fuel filter which I put in when I did the carbs o rings. No idea what's happening since it's gotten progressively worse and not just a sudden fail.
  • Carter Turk
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    Charter Member
    • May 2002
    • 2279
    • Bellingham Washington

    #2
    Stock exhaust? Checked the plugs? What are the jet sizes used with stage 3?
    GS\'s since 1982: 55OMZ, 550ES, 750ET, (2) 1100ET\'s, 1100S, 1150ES. Current ride is an 83 Katana. Wifes bike is an 84 GS 1150ES

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    • rapidray
      Forum Guru
      GSResource Superstar
      • Oct 2006
      • 8195
      • So Cal

      #3
      If you have garbage in the tank & it has clogged the fuel filter, it would do exactly what you are describing.
      Ray.

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      • mdturner

        #4
        I'll check the filter tomorrow. I took it around the block earlier and it was much better again but still bogging a little so I wouldn't doubt it. Time to clean the tank

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        • Guest

          #5
          try running it on prime , might be a failing petcock

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          • JTGS850GL
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            Past Site Supporter
            • Aug 2013
            • 9735
            • GA

            #6
            Check the plugs and see if any are black.

            Might be a leaking petcock or a leaking float valve. My 850GL had sudden power loss and it turned out to be a bad float and bad ORIGINAL petcock. Very lean and very rich act similarly.
            http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/811/douMvs.jpg
            1980 GS1000GT (Daily rider with a 1983 1100G engine)
            1998 Honda ST1100 (Daily long distance rider)
            1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)

            Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.;)

            JTGS850GL aka Julius

            GS Resource Greetings

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            • mhobryan

              #7
              Originally posted by JTGS850GL
              Check the plugs and see if any are black.
              What would it mean if he found one that was sooty/black (i.e.not oil covered).

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              • jbthomp

                #8
                Originally posted by mhobryan
                What would it mean if he found one that was sooty/black (i.e.not oil covered).
                Means it's too rich

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                • mhobryan

                  #9
                  Originally posted by jbthomp
                  Means it's too rich
                  too rich, or not enough (any?) spark? I should probably start a different thread; didn't mean to hi-jack this one. My #3 is consistently black/sooty looking, the other three look perfect, and this is after a complete carb rebuild, re-Oring, carb sync, valve adjustment.

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                  • Big T
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                    • Mar 2005
                    • 12391
                    • West Slope, OR

                    #10
                    Originally posted by mhobryan
                    too rich, or not enough (any?) spark? I should probably start a different thread; didn't mean to hi-jack this one. My #3 is consistently black/sooty looking, the other three look perfect, and this is after a complete carb rebuild, re-Oring, carb sync, valve adjustment.
                    yes, start your own thread so you problem can be addressed accurately after

                    You go up to the top and read the sticky about your bike running badly
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