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    weird carb problem, pics of plugs inside

    so i took the baffles out of my exhaust and in turn the bike was running a little lean. so i put 137.5 jets in and back the mixture screw out to 2 3/4 to smooth the idle and get rid of the popping on decel. well the left cylinder is barely hitting at idle. the right side is loud and burning...
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    HOW TO: Remove baffles from stock pipes, pics and vids!!!

    so i couldn't find any info on how to do this, so i tackled it myself. i'm very pleased with the results, even though i didn't remove as much as i originally intended. the bike sounds great, nice deep throaty sound and still has good bottom end. this is only one way to do it, so keep an open...
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    had tank off, put back on and fuel flows back into the air filters when fuel is on???

    so i had my tank off and was swapping to a sortster tank. i wanted to hear the bike run and stuff so i put the stocker back on. i had plugged the vacum ports that were operating the stock petcocks. when i put the petcock to pri to flow some fuel, it then starts coming out of the opening of the...
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    Searched to death, using hole saw to remove stock baffles in exhaust?

    i picked up a 78 xs650 and thanks to this forum have already done a lot of things to it. but i'm not gonna build my own exhaust until i complete the hardtail this winter. but i lowered the bike, sportster tank, and some drag bars to dress it up a bit. now i would like it to be a little louder...
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