I have the same problem. Runs like garbage EXCEPT with full choke even after it's warmed-up.
So, I finished taking off ALL of the emissions equipment.
Now, the bike won't even idle without the choke on. At first, it started right up and sounded great. I let it run for a minute, went to take off and it died on me. Then, it hesitated to start up again. Once it did, it would only run with the choke fully on and will die if you even touch the gas.
I assume this is a vacuum problem, correct?
I asked in a previous post if the red and blue (designated by stckers on the tank) lines need to be run somewhere or if I can just channel them down the side of the bike.
Well, that's what I've done. They run down the side with the yellow'ish clear tube (it's capped off at the end) that connects to the tank (i believe this to be for overflow?). The red and blue vac lines are not capped... didn't know if they need to be.
ANY HELP HERE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
Points of interest I can think of:
**Below the carbs is a series of vac tubes that ran together, one ran to the can in the rear, another had a line that ran down the side of the bike with a clear resevoir in it. Anyway, I capped off all of those at the engine.
**The red and blue vac lines are run down the side of the bike and ARE NOT capped off
**Used a jumper pipe to do the "float bowl mod" between the two larger tubes. People have mentioned plastic during this install and I'm not sure what they are refering to?
**I capped off the hole in the front right of the air box, the plastic to the hole kind of pretrudes out a little
**Bike only has 3100 miles on it (Cali model but removed ALL emissions/03'/)
I really do not know what to do with them (nipples coming off the back of the tank). I believe they are my problem. Here lies the problem with blocking them (as I understand it). They aleviate pressure in the tank. If I block them, a negative vacuum will create in my tank. This could cause fuel not to come out properly, the cap might not come off or even cause the tank to suck inwards (saw that on a Harly that didn't have a breather gas cap) and crush.
So I don't "think" I can just block them, I just don't know what else it could be???
ALSO, I'M NOW GETTING A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM JUST UNDER THE BACK OF THE GAS TANK/IN FRONT OF THE BATTERY. NOT SURE WHAT IT IS? NEVER DID IT BEFORE BUT IT IS HIGHLY UNNERVING (when it actually starts)!!!!!
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