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Honda shadow 600 carbutation
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Hi guys,
I have a 98 single carb vt600. This is the config that I actually got:
- Dragtron filter from a shovelhead, like this one: https://www.rustygaragecagliari.com/prodotto/filtro-aria-dragtron-air-cleaner-harley-davidson-per-carburatore-bendix-keihin-tillotson/ (I discovered afterwards from one of TJ's videos that these kind of filters mess up your carburation and they're not optimal)- Silencer-free pipes
- Pilot jet from 45 to 47, the rest is stockI feel like my carburation is messed up, in fact when I pulled out the sparkplugs I found that the front cylinder is running rich and the back one is running lean. I checked the intake manifold and I didn't find any leaks or cracks, the carb was overhauled one year ago with new gaskets, o rings and jet needle.
The bike doesn't run bad, other than hearing some bangs(not loudly and not frequently) when I decelerate.
The other day I tried to start the bike and it seemed like only the back cylinder was working. I pulled out the sparkplugs and the front ones were black and the back ones looked fine, as the image shows:
I cleaned all four sparkplugs, put them back in, and the both cylinders run, although I noticed some black smoke coming front the front cylinder pipe when I started it again and accellerated a little bit.
Again, I know I'm not running a very good configuration, especially with the air filter, but I don't have the original one and I would like to fix it with what I have, given that I plan to sell the bike. I also thought that maybe I should run a higher density foam inside the filter, because I think the main problem is the air that the carb takes in, and not the jets(maybe I'm wrong, or maybe it's both things).
Do you have any suggestion?
Thank you!
