Alright update, got off work, swapped the carb from my ironhead (mikuni vm 38) and boom its running fine.
So fuck the S&S, im leaving the mikuni on. Ill looking into upping the main jet but it runs fine for now. ill post a video with the mikuni on.
goes to show you cant trust anyones "the carb was rebuilt" nonsense. The bike never ran right from the get go and the S&S clearly either had the idle air mixture screw turned in past seating and fucked the hole, or the butterfly valve was fucked and not resetting properly.
The bike idles fine, revs fine, and returns to idle fine now. Plus side, i have new intake seals that should be good to go for years now...
Swapped the tank out for shits and giggles, isnt painted yet but wanted to figure out where i was going to weld the bungs to mount it. The holes where the old tank was mounted were just slightly tapped holes drilled into the frame. Nice....
EDIT:
video of bike with mikuni
pics of said gas tank mounts:
gas tank mounted up:
lower position (leaning more towards this)
higher position:
So fuck the S&S, im leaving the mikuni on. Ill looking into upping the main jet but it runs fine for now. ill post a video with the mikuni on.
goes to show you cant trust anyones "the carb was rebuilt" nonsense. The bike never ran right from the get go and the S&S clearly either had the idle air mixture screw turned in past seating and fucked the hole, or the butterfly valve was fucked and not resetting properly.
The bike idles fine, revs fine, and returns to idle fine now. Plus side, i have new intake seals that should be good to go for years now...
Swapped the tank out for shits and giggles, isnt painted yet but wanted to figure out where i was going to weld the bungs to mount it. The holes where the old tank was mounted were just slightly tapped holes drilled into the frame. Nice....
EDIT:
video of bike with mikuni
pics of said gas tank mounts:
gas tank mounted up:
lower position (leaning more towards this)
higher position:
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