my bike (a '75 cl360) has been idling on one clylinder and i suspected it was the coil or spark plug wire. so i replaced the coil and plug and i've got good spark now but still it won't idle on that cylinder. the bike runs fine, both cylinders work when i'm moving, but at idle...
any suggestions would be mucho appreciated. type slowly because i'm mechanically mentally challenged.
thanks!
idling on only one cylinder
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Sev
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Clogged idle jet. Your carb has several different "circuits", and that means several different jets to account for different levels of throttle. If it works fine after you get moving this means (to me) that the idle jet is clogged.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
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