After lots of trial and error and help from the good people on the gsr i finally got my 81 gs550t running great! Im running a 4 into 1 with a very lightly baffled straight pipe, and dual oval k&n filters. The PO had 130 mains and 45 pilots but i ended up using stock 40 pilots and 115 mains. I also cleaned the carbs and bit the bullet and purchased new carb boots, which made a world of differnce. I had to take the carbs off and and put them on about 8 times, which is not the easiest on this bike but it was well worth it to have it running so smoothly.
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If the 550 is anything like the 650 and you are running with the airbox, I would guess you have ended up exactly where you should be.
Now go out there and ride'83 GS650G
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oops...darn multitasking bit me on the butt again. Didn't see the reference to the pods.
At least we agree that 130 is way too big either way.
I ended up at 115 on the mains with my 650 with the airbox and 4:1, keeping the stock pilots, and I'm pretty happy with it. Of course, the stock mains on the '83 650G were 110s.
Let's see some plug chops to get a feel for how your jetting is working.'83 GS650G
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