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Im going to kick myself, I know..

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Did you open up a float bowl screw when you had the carbs on the bike to see if the bowls were full? There's usually no issue with fuel flowing, it's just gravity.
 
Are you sure that your carb vent hoses are clear?
Is your gas cap loose during this? If not, loosen it.

I'm sure you've thought of these but justvtryingbto cover all bases before you remove the carbs again.
 
With the carbs off the bike and the float bowls off blow through the fuel hose. Then turn the carbs upside down and do the same. On - off. Then put your gaskets and bowls back on and do the same again.
 
I did see the tab in the first picture against the top post..so all of them should be like that one.

Test them off the bike. You can leave the bowls off and use water instead of gas thru your gravity bottle setup. Start the wtaer flowing and lift each float to see if it shuts off the flow. Let the float go to see if the flow resumes. Do it outside .

If all four seem to be working stopping and flowing the water, It would be safe to assume they are working with the gas.

Blow the carbs off with the air compressor before you put the bowls back on.
 
Success!!!!!!! Haha!

Success!!!!!!! Haha!

Well, I did like I said, cut some new gaskets, found my calipers back in the closet, and went and got a battery for it, so while I had them open again, I'd set float heights. Good thing too, they were all around 19-20mm for some reason. Put it all back together and crossed my fingers. It fired right up but ran rough for a while. when the choke was out it actually ran at lower rpm and blew a little coloured smoke out the pipes. after a minute I pushed the choke back in and it revved up to about 3K. I just dialed the idle knob back down because I had played with it earlier.

Once the idle was down to about 1300 I left it there and went for a ride. Ran perfectly. I did the valve clearances at the same time as the carbs because I figured just do the whole shebang since the bike was out of action anyways. Now.. here's the beauty,

I don't know if it's the carbs or the valves, but it's seriously like a new bike. Before the work I did, I could be on the flattest-ass stretch of road in the world (and there are lots of flat roads around here) with the throttle wide open for 10 minutes and I'd never get over 140km/h. never. This time, I jammed out before the bike was finished..at over 160 km/h, and I feel that there was some left to go. Needless to say I am pleased, and can't say thanks enough for all the help.;)
 
Sorry Robert, it was supposed to read tickety-boo.

And if that's not a common phrase south of the border, it means "without a hitch" more or less
 
BTW, what were the "choke assembly" ones for. I did not use whatever the case.
 
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