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    GS550e What the heck? Is this by design or a pervious owners mistake?

    Can someone post a pic of a similar setup but "correct"?
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    GS550e What the heck? Is this by design or a pervious owners mistake?

    When I pull the choke lever I get very little throttle movement. (Pic is choked) I found the throttle adjustment screw hits the choke linkage causing very little movement ability until unchoked. Is this on purpose or put together wrong? Once I unchoke the throttle the adjust screw (blue arrow)...
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    And now it wont start again. After it started earlier it was dripping gas and eventually had a really forceful backfire. (it was flooding) I replaced the aftermarket float needles with the cleaned originals that appear to be working well. I then checked and realized I needed to adjust the float...
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    Today she started right up. What a beautiful sound. It would not stay running without a bit of throttle. It could be idle setting but also may be needing a retune.
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    I was seriously considering just that. Reuse what I can clean and only use the gaskets and worn parts. Fortunately once I removed the crud the inner carb parts are pretty much good to go. I think if the float springs were good it would have roughly started. Someone has cracked this carb open in...
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    When I purchased the carb kit for a 79 GSE 550 it did not match. ​ I was able to identify it after your link and it was indeed a GS550 carb originally though I thought someone had used a GS650 carb in it. This is what it actually has in it. There are other oddities about it too. Like the...
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    Sorry the pilot jet is 47.5 lol sorry. I did review your PDF and will follow it. TY It is on the specs for the 1983 GS650: https://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/images/carbspec_float_height.html#A01 I do not seem to have visibility for yours or my own signature...
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    Thank you for the responses and links. It has a main jet of 47.5 Looks like someone already jetted it. From your link it is stock at a main jet of 40. This could balance out though. Going to be interesting and I will message back after the carb kit arrives. Or if someone responds before then...
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    Can anyone help tell me a good starting jet for a 79 GSE 550 with air filter pods?

    Greetings my first port, I bought a 500$ 1979 GS550E last week. When I tried to start it she ran and then quit. The carb is a mess. I have repaired several minor issues and am now ready to sonic scrub the carb and rebuild it. The bike has filter pods on it but I do not know if the 47.5 main jet...
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