anyone else here get a delay when going WOT right out of first? If I am in first gear no using the throttle just barely putting and I pinn it there is a delay. Is this normal or so I need to cinsider cleaning the carbs. If I give it a bit of gas then pinn it it doesnt do that. The bike is running really nice and I am letting it warm up for around 3 minutes each time I ride it. I have put 200 + miles on the bike allready and should be piling them up. Do you guys think I should look into cleaning out the carbs or is this normal for the gs? It only happens if I am in a high gear than I am supposed to b and give it too much gas, or if I am in first from a take off or just rolling around not giving it any gas. I think this is probably normal just looking for possible things so I can learn to wrench a bit. :)
A slight hesitation going to full WOT from near idle isn't anything to worry about on a carbureted motor. The only thing you can really do about it is either run a bigger pilot or some mix-screw tinkering might handle it, but it'll be at the sacrafice of other things.
okay cool yea it doesn seem to be too big of a problem. I was just browsing and reading a bit about floats and thought it could possibly be related to that. I am loving the gs and I like this site a lot too. Luckily, I dont really have anything that needs to be fixed, but I know that when the time comes to do a valve adjustment, or to fix a small problem I will have the support and knowledge to do so!! I also have a clymers manual so with the help of the gs members and my manaul I should be able to fix most problems that might come my way. thanks
Its normal.
Any reciprocating engine, and the GS's in particular because it has a relatively large percentage of "dead mass" in the crank, counterbalancer, and generator flywheel; will take a noticable delay to spin up to speed when given throttle.
This is why racers often dump the flywheel to go total loss electrical, and even the counterbalancer shaft.
Also the stock carb's slide is intentionally vented to smooth out throttle response. You can plug one of the slides holes (the DynoJet kit provides parts and instructions for this) to increase the responsiveness of the carbs, but it can make them abrupt, not really a problem on a GS though.