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I’m reading that online as well. Need a bigger compressor it seems. Tsk tsk

But if both cylinders are the same, this makes me thinks, yes the rings are probably worn but I don’t think that’s causing smoke.

New update: Have not yet checked needle heights but wanted to do this for piece of mind. First photo is steady state second photo is...

@5twins I’ll definitely give that a check this afternoon. They SHOULD be correct but I’ve pulled these apart many times so that may be...

That looks about right with what I have

Long Update Including Pictures: Needle Jets: The first attached photo is the cheap needle jets I had in the bike. The second photo is a...

Will post pictures tomorrow with a more detailed update but in summary: Left plug was fouled on the left cylinder causing to...

Thanks! definitely will grab some pics this go around of slide, diaphragms, needle and needle jet!

Alright I’m following. I’ll give this a shot. Original slides, original needles, original Venturi jet. I’ll report back on this setup...

No, it’s another one from mikes but when I first tried some of the jets they weren’t worth a shit so I put all the stock ones back in...

The diaphragms that were in it were fully stock. The set I put in yesterday were on a stock slide but the diaphragm are some...

Alright wanted to give an update: Float heights are good. My slides were falling a little quicker than I wanted with the air inlet...

Will also give float height a check. And nice, yeah as mentioned it’s pretty sooty not really a white blue. Thanks for that tip!

Ah okay. Yeah I’ll definitely pop it out when I check the needle and make sure all those holes are clean. Will report back!

Is it the needle that causes the issues or the jet the needle slides into? I didn’t replace the needle but did replace the jet the...

Nice! I will give this a try👍🏻

Thank you all! I’ll give these a try and report back. I did not change the needle jet so I’ll look for some wear on that one. Also, I...

May I ask: If it were a bad head gasket or worn rings, would it smoke all the time not just on hard acceleration? Wanting to do my best...

Thank you kindly! Will check all of those!

I've posted a few times about my basket case of an 82 heritage special. Stock carbs, stock exhaust, stock intake, gonzo ignition. I...

Thanks for photos and information! I had originally bought some crap seals that were not dealing properly. So I’m giving OEM a try and...

I was actually about to ask that, since the carb is basically sucking in air it’s operating at lower than atmospheric pressure, so this...

Hi all, Just got some fresh OEM throttle shaft seals in the mail and want to make sure these go in correctly. I think I know but want...