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Great, when I get the new jets, I should be fairly close, and have the options on hand to dial it in.

Thx jp, they def were gummed up, I removed them and cleaned them of all gum/varnish. soaked them in acetone overnight, used my dandy pin poker set to ensure all hole were clear, as far as the needle itself goes iirc it is a MikeXS Dyno tune needle with the clip set in the 3rd from top (1 see 2...

Ok, I got them disassembled, the slides were mostly being held in place by the varnish on needle in the Emulsion tube. This is what I have currently, i have a set of 140 Mains (I pulled 135's out of it) mains, the Pilot Jets are 45, and the other (are these the 'Air' jets?) jets are marked...

I got a 2nd set of carbs for my 81 XS650 Bobber. The carbs have been sitting a while, slides are stuck, I am slowly carefully taking them apart. The passage plugs are just black goo, is that from 'reg unleaded' gas or ? Going to replace gaskets, clean passages, check jets, etc. I imagine I...

I built this '81 XS650 bobber a few years back, stock ingition, Uni-Pods, straight pipes (w/ baffles) ,ran fine, then I moved and it sat for quite a while, and I could never get it back running like it had prev. It was popping , backfireing real bad out the left side, all along I felt it was a...