Ok so i just took my carbs off and they are a bit more dirty then i expected but oh well. My question is on the outside of the carb theres alot of dirty grude, can i just hit that with carb cleaner or do i have to remover all the rubber hoses and other stuff? Heres a few pictures, some of the springs are gummed up. Let me know asap

 

Naw you could probably just hit it with some carb clreaner and it will be fine. Make sure you don't lose those little springs that are by the tabs for adjusting (syncing) the carbs; they can pop out sometimes and they're super important.

 

The exterior of the carbs doesn't matter as much as the internals
although those springs shouldn't be restricted too much either. If
you have no trouble removing the rubber boots and putting them
back afterwards, it wouldn't hurt to do it and do a good cleaning-up
job.

On a sidenote, try to put a break between those pics when you post
them, I'm sure most people don't have screens wide enough to view
them all without scrolling from left to right

 

Ok so the cleaning was heavily needed, but bike still wont start. So my next move is check spark so forth, but what size socket do i use, i tried a sparkplug 5/8 but it seems it didnt want to grab.

 

I think for 1987 you need a thin-wall 17mm. Maybe 19? Can't remember. If you have the the stock tool kit there's a spark plug socket in there that's PERFECT.

 

k thanks all!!!!

 

Ok well i played with it for a while, and it started up and its running, seems better then before, due to i can turn it off and turn it right back on. But the exhuast sounds more aggressive, and not as high pitched as from before, is that normal?

 

did you clean the inside of the carbs??

 

After you clean the carbs, it's normal that it runs differently, especially if you really cleaned everything, including taking out the pilot screws. As a result, you would need to re-adjust your mixture and idle and if you can, sync them.

 

Ok i took it for a spin, runs nice it goes, but it seems a bit laggist and once im pass 75 it takes for every to get 100, before it would fly up there. Mixture?