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forgot to record my fuel mixture screw measurement before disassembly

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is this awful?

or just adjust them by backing them out a standard number of turns and go from there?

newb mistake. :(
 
I have not seen the sticky lately, not sure what it suggests, but several of us have our own favorite settings.

If you have just completely re-done your carbs (strip, dip, etc.), I will set them at three full turns out, then adjust them when the bike is warmed up. Setting them a bit rich like that, it richens up the mixture so the bike starts easier and will warm up quicker. Some like to start with them about two turns out, but that might be too lean for that particular bike. If the mixture is lean, the enginen will not run correctly, but you won't know if it's carbs, valves, ignition timing, or what. Starting rich eliminates one of those possibilites.

By the way, the stock setting from the factory was likely around 1 1/2 turns, but most of us find that 2 to 2 1/2 turns is where it runs best.

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Yeah..I was gonna say that you dont need to remember them anyways..factory settings are at the very leanest they can be and still keep it running and not frying a valve.

AND..once you redo the valves and get all the required maintenance done, your gonna be off anyhow. So do the rebuild, set the valves, set the timing, and do the vacuum sync first. Then do the fine tuning from the usual 2 to 2 1/2 out.
 
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