Running Very Rich

Rick, my e-tube on cylinder 3 looked just like that. The other three weren't too bad. Oddly enough, that was the cylinder that always seemed a little richer than the others. Hopefully when I get it back up and running, they will all be consistent now. Unfortunately when I moved my pile of rags I found two screws...anyone wanna guess where they go? That's right float bowl #2 only has 2 screws diagonally across from each other. (I only install 2 screws when doing float levels so I dont have to keep taking them all out time and time again).

ahhhhhh. So I guess I have to pull the carbs again just to install 2 screws.

 

UPDATE. I checked the floats again mounted on the bike and they were still low, so I cranked them up, put the carbs on the bike and tested...now dead nuts on right at the top of the screw (where it meets the float bowl). So after cleaning the crud out of the emulsion tubes, blasting out all the passages, and setting the floats correctly, the bike runs smoother than ever. With the sync even all the way across the bike sounds like an entirely different animal. I can't wait to ride it tomorrow with the new tune and the brand new GT501 tires. The tires I had were 10 years old and hard. I am guessing it will feel like a totally different bike.

So I think I finally got mine right.

To the original poster...have you solved your problems yet?

 

Hey! Easy boy! Take it easy!

Wipe down those new tire treads with a rag SATURATED in Clorox. Get the coating that releases that new tire from the mold ~~> OFF the tire(s)!

Wipe the Mold Release Agent off the tire.
Both tires.
Rinse with water.

You are set-up for disaster. A newly dialed-in bike ready to rip and brand new tires. Not good!
That release agent isn't called "Release Agent" for nothing.
It won't stick to anything.

Wipe-down and get that crap off them tires before you go out and Low-side without ever knowing what happened.

Your situation is the Number-1 bad-news combination. Wiping off the Release Agent isn't going to make those tires ready for a road course workout. You still have to do some mileage to get them to hug nice.

Wiping-off the release agent will get you some grip you wouldn't normally have until the agent wore off.

Don't scratch the bike and yourself by letting a silicone treatment otherwise ruin a great day.

 

Yep, we wipe new tires down with brake parts cleaner. Works just as well as Clorox. I go easy on new tires for 50-100 miles. I really do appreciate you looking out for peeps on here though Rick.

Rode it this morning. Bewy nice indeed. Acceleration is so much smoother.