Howdy everybody! I'm new to Goldwing's (came from a Harley), I just inherited a 93 SE GL 1500 that was in pieces. I lapsed the valves in the heads, put new gaskets, changed spark plugs, and new vacuum lines everywhere I could see. I bought a carb rebuilt kit and put new jets and cleaned all the parts, rebuilt the accelerator pump, cleaned the K & N air filter. To finish it off, I added an "almost" whole can of Seafoam to the gas can. The only issue I'm still having is it seems to be idling rich. I have never had to use the choke to start it, but it always starts after holding the start button only for a second. If I give it choke (cold or other) it will kill the motor. I have the pilot screw turned out 7 turns (as much as I felt safe), and it helped slightly. On my last tank I got 24.42 MPG city. Takes off like a beast, and other then seemingly running rich, runs fine.
In saying all of that, I did set the float per the user manual, but what would my next step be to get it to run leaner? In everyone's opinion, should I lower the float height, or try and get smaller idler jets, or just leave it as is?
Advice on which way to go.
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joecoolsuncle
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Re: Advice on which way to go.
your jets are probably wrong. hope you didnt get rid of the oem jets. cheapnese kits really suck and never work. and never ever lap honda valves.