Great advice there Jim ! I remember just pulling the spark plug lead off one of my bikes and just leaving the spark plug lead dangle.... BAD MOVE...it cost me a coil ! so from then on I gave that lead a sparkplug and made sure it was grounded good !..... However I did the pop the spark plug lead off for decades before that and never had a problem.... but I think the parts are not as robust as they used to be... best to give it a sparkplug to ground just to be safe !
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I adjusted the airscrews on the ninja and it is running acceptable now
I think I will just put it back together and try it that way....
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6 months of work for cleaning the carbs.... go figure !
something obviously changed but I may never know WHAT !
it starts right up, gains rpm with the choke on like it should... takes throttle well I guess I can't ask for much more
i would say "Success!" at this point !
....but I really won't know till I ride it and that will be a while yet ! as I have to put the plastics back on it ! ...aurgh !
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Bob........