Thanks for that method Steve. I will get to it.. I am sure that my short test rides have mostly been on the slow circuit and that I still have some problems (most likely from this discussion something going on with the needle jets and the jet needle (emulsion tube and needle).
I was just so damn happy yesterday to be able to put 40 miles on the bike without anything getting worse or intermittent problems.
At the top of the local canyon, which is a popular motorcycle and bicycle ride, there's a little flat area where you can either turn around and go back down into the city or continue on into the mountains... I stopped after a refreshing trip up and a couple of other bikes pulled over to me.. One was a Vulcan 1700 and the other was a very nice custom chopper. They both got off their bikes and came over to look at mine... asking the history, what have I done to it and relating stories of their life on motorcycles. I told them that this was my first motorcycle and that I bought it in pretty rough shape not knowing anything about two wheeled conveyances... It was fun to have "bikers" recognize the blood sweat and tears that I've gone through to get the 850L back on top of the canyon without the decades of experience that they have had.
So, yes I will do the diagnostics you outline above.. but not today... Today I'm going for a ride....
THIS - one of the reasons I love my '83 GS850GL -
