honda cb 750 1971 flooding?

[Tony C]

So I read the thread on the other guy having flooding issues. His issue is not the same as mine so far as I can tell. So as in the subject I have a 1971 CB 750. Got it off a guy for 160 and it is in simi good condition. Cleen frame engine and an OK condition tank. Now I've spent the last 9 months slowly doing servicing to the bike. And now I'm on the home stretch. Now for the actual question (I apologize ) the engine turns over when the tank has about 3/4 of a gallon in it. Then after a minute it chokes its self out. So I empty the bowls and their full. Runs same after emptying. I adjust the floats and it has less fuel in bowls but stills chokes out. I rebuilt the carbs a 2ed time and no improvement. Any ideas as to what I might have overlooked?

Ive worked on old bikes from age 5. I'm 23 now and have a long time with bikes. Experience as I am I am still willing to learn from wiser eyes.

[cdaiscool]

could it just be super-rich from the fuel, and need air?

Either that, or the jets be too rich and just pounding it in like a college frat boy drinking a beer bong?

I've got no clue, just throwing out uneducated guesses.

[rrgunslinger]

The choke leaver goes down not up!  :)))))

I'm just being a smart ass!

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:43 PM, cdaiscool [via Honda CB750'S] <[hidden email]> wrote:

could it just be super-rich from the fuel, and need air?

Either that, or the jets be too rich and just pounding it in like a college frat boy drinking a beer bong?

I've got no clue, just throwing out uneducated guesses.

Turbos, Hondas, 4-bangers, what could go wrong?

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[seestheday]

What size jets are you running?
What are your air/fuel mixture screws set at? (e.g. 2.5 turns out)
What is your idle set at? (e.g. 1200 rpm)
Are you running a stock air box or pods?

[TOOLS1]

With that model there is no reason it should be flooding unless the needle is not seating, and overflows are plugged.
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[seestheday]

Tools, even with massive jets and a super-rich mixture it won't flood?

[TOOLS1]

It would have to do a lot of cranking without firing to flood without having an accelerator pump. I have seen bikes run with jets, so big that black smoke billowed from the exhaust. However they did fire right up.
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