84 honda vf700s problem

[Easy Rider 2]

Originally Posted by drthv8r

i thought about it running rich, but there would be a lot of evidence on the spark plugs and it would have been very bogged down in lower rpm ranges - neither of which was occuring. it was running its best in the lower rpms

That is all wild speculation on your part.

If it was running just a little on the rich side, none of those symptoms are likely to be present.

Changing from a stock to an open air filter really doesn't alter the mixture THAT much.

And lastly, at idle is where the stock mixture is usually the leanest.....because of a "quirk" in the way the EPA testing specs are written......and that is where you usually see an immediate benefit from a slight shift toward rich.

I vote, as always, to NOT screw with it any more after it is good.