December 28, 2003 {

Today was carb day. I adjusted the slow jets and then did a full carb resync.

How the slow jets were set when I got it:
Cyl 1: 3/4 turn
Cyl 2: 1 1/4 turn
Cyl 3: 1 1/2 turn
Cyl 4: 1 1/4 turn

Done by ear in the cold florida december weather:
cyl 1: 2-1/2
cyl 2: 2-3/8
cyl 3: 1-3/4
cyl 4: 2-1/8

done by idle-drop method (december, mid-60's)
cyl 1: 3-1/8 (but it's smoking)
cyl 2: 2-1/2
cyl 3: 2-1/4
cyl 4: 2-1/2

due to smoking, adjusted manually to:
cyl 1: 2
cyl 2: 2
cyl 3: 1-3/4
cyl 4: 2

Although I had done a carb sync prior to the slow jet adjustment, the carbs needed to be re-synced, mainly because I removed the second shims that had been previously installed on the needles. The carbs (particularly cylinder 2) were extremely off-base.

I also replaced a horribly-dying vacuum hose that went between cylinder 2 and the fuel cutoff valve. The valve itself could probably use replacing, because I was able to do half the carb adjustment without ever putting a vacuum to the damn thing!

All in all, the bike runs a hell of a lot better now!