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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 192961" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>Dialing a carb in ...can take some time ....as v mention could be to much acellerator pump .....but it could be other things also.....it always good to clean up plugs ...then run bike at idle for long time making sure bike stays normal temp with a box fan on radiator or water hose to keep bike temp from going to hot....at idle if it's off there it will usually show up and change how it runs or smells...if it runs and doesn't quit after a good long time....ck the plugs and see how there burning ....if plug color is good you can say idle is good and move from there ....if plugs look bad ...it's probably stumbling cause the idle is off....to much to go from there....idle has to be good to get instant response on the twist of throttle....one thing is for sure ...you have to learn your carb to get a good dialed in carb...and it all starts at idle....air is the biggest part of good gas charge and if choke plate is there you can mess with it while twisting throttle to see if it's getting drowned by gas and to rich or if it goes lean ...if you add choke and it runs better on twist it's lean ..if it runs worst it to rich ....so dig in and figure it out ....i don't have soled so can't comment much but it's rather simple carb and I'm sure you can figure it out ....so much easier than the stock nightmare of the Honda cv carbs....as you said it already beat your stock carbs....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 192961, member: 98"] Dialing a carb in ...can take some time ....as v mention could be to much acellerator pump .....but it could be other things also.....it always good to clean up plugs ...then run bike at idle for long time making sure bike stays normal temp with a box fan on radiator or water hose to keep bike temp from going to hot....at idle if it's off there it will usually show up and change how it runs or smells...if it runs and doesn't quit after a good long time....ck the plugs and see how there burning ....if plug color is good you can say idle is good and move from there ....if plugs look bad ...it's probably stumbling cause the idle is off....to much to go from there....idle has to be good to get instant response on the twist of throttle....one thing is for sure ...you have to learn your carb to get a good dialed in carb...and it all starts at idle....air is the biggest part of good gas charge and if choke plate is there you can mess with it while twisting throttle to see if it's getting drowned by gas and to rich or if it goes lean ...if you add choke and it runs better on twist it's lean ..if it runs worst it to rich ....so dig in and figure it out ....i don't have soled so can't comment much but it's rather simple carb and I'm sure you can figure it out ....so much easier than the stock nightmare of the Honda cv carbs....as you said it already beat your stock carbs.... [/QUOTE]
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