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I hate buying new bikes and then try to set them up for my taste, but here I am chin deep in another commando. I did a single carb manifold from MAP instead of RGM this time since I do not like a dual carb set up. I ran the bike last night for the first time. It start decent enough, not as good as my other commando, but starts, idles ok, shifts w/o drag anymore since the clutch rod seal was installed. so I start out down the road and the bike seems to run decent in first and then in second, but when I shifted into 3rd it started sputtering and missing. I was only going about 40-45mph, but this shouldn't be an issue. When I pulled over it died. Started right back up and ran in first and second, not well but in third it started fowling up again. For the brief amount of time I ran it , 1 mile, I still am not sure if it really ran good at all on my return trip since I was using the throttle on and off in nuetral to keep it moving or from dying and was concentrating on traffic and getting home. If there are any thoghts on this please yell out. I am at work all day and can't look at it until tonight, but am interested in thoughts of others. One thing I did notice at a glance is the MAP manifold makes the carb sit almost exactly horizontal and the stock or RGM manifolds make the carbs sit canted forward. The floats on my spare carbs are set at the prescribed .080. The carb on the new bike is identical to the one on the well sorted bike. sleeved carb, stock jets and needle height. Just looking for thoughts at this point, thanks. On a positive note I rode the other commando all day through the area state parks in the 90degree heat for 6 hours, slow to moderate speeds w/o a flaw in performance.
Tim
Tim