My bike dies when I come to a stop. This sucks because my clutch safety switch is broken and I can't just pull in the clutch lever and restart :guns: That part is on order.
The revs just slowly drop until it totally stalls. I've noticed that if I'm on an incline, the revs stay up around the idle speed. When I'm on level ground, they drop below normal idle speed. My initial guess is that the float level is too low, and when I stop, all the fuel rushes to the front of the float bowls. When I'm on an incline, the fuel goes to the back where the needles/jets/whatever are? I don't know much about carbs yet.
Also, if I keep the engine revs around 2000-3000 rpms instead of idle I won't stall. So that's what I do now. Is this consistent with my guess about the float levels? Other relevant facts are that my bike runs only on PRIME. I ordered a petcock to hopefully fix that problem.
My bike has the same problem and I have to keep the choke on a bit most of the time but it idles are 3000rpm so it couldn't be any good for gas mileage :? My dad's friend is a very experience motorcycle DIY mechanic and he believes the floats to be the answer as well. Good luck!
Your plugs don't get fouled with the choke on that much?
Okay, I took a quick look at the float height just now. Both sides look a bit low, but I'll double-check tomorrow. I used Kerry's float height check (http://www.bbburma.net/FloatHeight.htm) page. For the tubing I used some fish pump tubing (Aqua Culture Standard Airline Tubing - $1.37) from Wal-Mart (only place open at this hour) and it fit over the nozzles nicely.
I'm going to replace the frame-mounted petcock (needed to do this for a long time) and check the float height afterwards. I guess I'll read up on disassembling and cleaning the carbs over the weekend.