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Pipes turning blue is this a problem?

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Everytime I read a jetting thread I decide my stock intake, carbs, exhaust etc are the best thing ever lol
 
ThrottleBack said:
Everytime I read a jetting thread I decide my stock intake, carbs, exhaust etc are the best thing ever lol
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It really depends on a number of factors:
Goals
Skill
Experience
Tools available
Patience

For example, I wanted my GS to look and sound as close to stock as possible.
I made minor changes to offset the lean condition the factory delivered it in and to compensate for the K&N airbox filter. It was a peppy machine.
OTOH, I wanted my GPz to appear like a period hot rod bike. Pipe, pods, jet kit. I was fortunate enough to have all the tools to jet it, including a wideband for tuning it. With the 810cc kit, milled head, degreed cams, Accel coils with my personal version of the coil relay mod, it is pretty peppy. Took a bit of work, but I like it.
 
rockhammer said:
Here is another symptom that might be related. When the bike as at idle if I rev it the rpms drop and it seems like it wants to die. I have to save it from dieing by giving it a little help with the throttle. This does not happen when I pull up to a red light only if I rev it and then let it drop back down by it self. It does not always turn off either some times the rpms just drop real low and then it comes back up in a few seconds. Could this be related?
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I am having the same type of problem with my '82 GS850G stock set up. I have gone through the GS greeting and cleaned the carbs, new boots on both sides, o-rings, seal the airbox. I have run it for a little over a thousand miles since then and thought i had a good idle at 1,000 rpm, now at a stop sign it falls off and dies. I saw chuck hahn's response of turning the idle up to 1,200 to hold the idle, but i would like to have a nice even 1,000. Any ideas where to start? Should i tune the carbs using the high rev. method?
 
did you fully strip and dip the carbs? Have you checked the valves just to make sure they are correct?
 
My turn the idle up response was intended to help keep the bike running at stop signs so it doesnt stall on you as you work thru the systems to find the actual cause(s) of the symptoms in the first place.

It kind of hard to adjust a bike that wont stay running for you to turn the needles and such...unless you have 5 hands and long arms!!!!
 
rockhammer said:
Here is another symptom that might be related. When the bike as at idle if I rev it the rpms drop and it seems like it wants to die. I have to save it from dieing by giving it a little help with the throttle. This does not happen when I pull up to a red light only if I rev it and then let it drop back down by it self. It does not always turn off either some times the rpms just drop real low and then it comes back up in a few seconds. Could this be related?
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Give this a read and see if it helps. :)

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff1/images/Adjusting_Idle_Mixture_on_CV_Carbs.pdf
 
Hi,

stockGS said:
I am having the same type of problem with my '82 GS850G stock set up. I have gone through the GS greeting and cleaned the carbs, new boots on both sides, o-rings, seal the airbox. I have run it for a little over a thousand miles since then and thought i had a good idle at 1,000 rpm, now at a stop sign it falls off and dies. I saw chuck hahn's response of turning the idle up to 1,200 to hold the idle, but i would like to have a nice even 1,000. Any ideas where to start? Should i tune the carbs using the high rev. method?
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Yes. I would encourage you to start your own thread so that conversations directed to you do not get confused with conversations directed toward the original poster.

Sometimes it take 2 or 3 times to actually clean your carbs correctly. :rolleyes:



Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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