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81 1200 Project
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Denver
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Success, feels great!! :yahoo:
Terry
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It's an incredible feeling like a rebirth. Congrats
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I am a bit worried. This setup might get me in a bit of trouble. :mrgreen:
slabghost
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If you're going to collect tickets to the policeman's ball. You might want to take dance lessons.
Great to hear it's ALIVE! Good job, and enjoy the policemen's ball 
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Riding down the road toady and a freeze plug I put in the secondary air port in the head blew out. Made quite a bit of noise without that in. I'm going to need to add some JB Weld to hold them in. I also decided to replace the 1000 throttle cable with a shorter 1200 cable. That gets rid of one minor issue on my to do list. I only have about 15 to go...
Denver
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List getting short now opcorn:
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Yeah... scratch one thing and add another.
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I have come to the conclusion that the choke isn't working. No matter what I try, I cannot get the choke to close automatically. Once it is warm, it idles fine, but it takes a lot to get it started. Looks like I get to tear the carb apart for a closer look.
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I left those metal tubes in and looped fuel hose to both of them. Been fine for awhile now.
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Does your have an electronic choke Dan?
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No.[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=172677#p172677:3lfvhazv said:
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I think I found a problem with my carb... too much slop in the chocked shaft, so it just binds when it tries to open. Now I have to make a decision. Throw money at a carb that I don't know the history of, or buy a new one. Easy decision! The hard part is deciding which one to buy.
Looks like I will be installing the stock 1200 carbs for a while.
Looks like I will be installing the stock 1200 carbs for a while.
hmmmmm seems i never needed a choke....no way to mske it manual?
slabghost
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Or follow Joe's plan c. Just remove the choke entirely. If you want new find the link posted by dkl . He's had good results with his.
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Brian with an accelerator pump you may be able to make do without a choke in all but extremely cold conditions. With my Kombi ( Subaru EA81 1800cc ) I just pump the accelerator for a rich mixture and have to keep off it until it warms up enough to drive off without stalling :yes:
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[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=172989#p172989:259tjhvd said:
Tried that and that's when I found that the shaft was binding.
slabghost
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open it and just lock it there somehow.
it my beleif idle jetshould be rick enough to not have starting problems ....with acellerator pump and a bit stout idle jet ..motor well start iin all conditions ...with throttle lock when cold ......pretty much how hooch is set up....bike runs great in cold weather.....
