1980 GS1000 Carb question

[bjrpkr]

Hi all,
I'm bringing back to life an '80 GS1000 that was in a barn for some time, 75K miles. Have taken carbs off and cleaned them thoroughly. Bike actually started up pretty easily after getting bowls filled. 2 questions: How does choke work on these carbs? When I pull the choke on, I don't see anything closing off the openings. There are those cylindrical pieces in the openings right now and they seem to stay in the closed position even when running. Now the problem I have is when I try to rev higher than 3-5000, bike just bogs down. No power or acceleration. No leaks from carbs to intake. I DO have the filter box off at the moment, maybe that's a problem? I'd appreciate any help. This is substantially different than my 79 GS850 and I think these are much different carbs.
tx
Mark

[LarryA_Texas]

not really choke

"Choke" implies that you cut off the air so the mixture is richer...we all call it a choke and Suzuki even labels it choke on the knob...but in the manuals they call it 'starter'. It opens an additional passage that adds fuel to the mixture. This bypasses the sliders, which is why you don't see them move.

No filter will make a big difference. Before you get too deep into fixing the problem with low RPM cover the carb intakes with your hand...or some cardboard or something. Not the entire opening...but cover about 1/2 the circle of each carb intake and see if it makes a difference. I suspect it wll be very surprising.

With carburettors, it's all about the air flow. Fuel is just along for the ride.

[trippivot]

choke is just a term. your carbs have a enrichener circuit.

this is a totally separate fuel circuit with a fuel and air bleed supply in addition to the other 3 circuits inside each carb.

[salty_monk]

Put the box back on...