Hi guys....I am new to the ST crowd. I am migrating from an 84 V65 Sabre. I bought a pretty nice 2000 ST1100 and am trying to get adjusted. One thing that puzzles me a bit is that it runs pretty smooth overall, but at under 3K when I let up or maintain throttle it seems to miss or back pop a bit. It idles fine. Seems like something not quite right. The previous owner removed the carbs and ultrasonic cleaned them. He is an aircraft mechanic and says he professionally cleaned and synced them. I wondered if perhaps the mixture screws weren't set optimally. I believe he synced the carbs, it seems to run great over 3K. I have tried running some choke to see if that makes any difference, but it didn't seem to. I did find out the choke linkage was hanging up on a hose down there. The hose was not moveable, I had to slightly bend the choke arm to clear the hose. I thought that might be causing the issue, but it wasn't the problem.
This isn't a biggie, but I am a bit of a perfectionist about how my bikes run.
More information: This bike had some kind of expensive looking cruise control system on it. It didn't seem to work and I didn't like the way the throttle felt, so I removed the part of the system hooked to the throttle cable and hooked it directly back up to the carbs. It took the slop out, but they must have removed the spring return, because there doesn't seem to be any throttle return spring action. I don't mind, because that acts a bit like a cruise control.
Thanks for your expertise on this issue.
This isn't a biggie, but I am a bit of a perfectionist about how my bikes run.
More information: This bike had some kind of expensive looking cruise control system on it. It didn't seem to work and I didn't like the way the throttle felt, so I removed the part of the system hooked to the throttle cable and hooked it directly back up to the carbs. It took the slop out, but they must have removed the spring return, because there doesn't seem to be any throttle return spring action. I don't mind, because that acts a bit like a cruise control.
Thanks for your expertise on this issue.