This bike is turning int a headache. We did a group ride last Sunday and stopped over at my moms before returning home. We came out an hour later and the bike was leaking fuel, the line had split. So I took an old lawn mower one I had lying around and fit it. Stupidly I never went the extra step to blow it out better and I'm thinking some sand or something into the float needle. Went went to leave and she got to the end of the road and kept bogging down. Turn around and limp it to the house, go grab and flash light and find that fuel is pouring out of the carbs. So we drained the tank and parked it. I got it home and tore into the carbs. They needed it but weren't as bad as I've seen. Got ride of the flooding issue but I realized the previous owner removed the lower bracket and the idea speed screw.
At the moment I pulled the idea speed screw off mine and mounted it but having idling issues. I'm not sure if the cable is getting in a bind randomly while riding or if the screw is vibrating but id figure it would vibrate loose causing it to die not over idle. It rides fine but when you stop at a sign or light it sometimes I idling high. I don't believe its the rev hanging because it doesn't come down, even if you give it som clutch it'll slow but as soon as you pull it back in it jumps back up. Then 3-4 signs later its gone.
Forgot to mention its running k&n 2into1 filter, and stock kawasaki ex500 exhaust. The idle mix screw is 4.5 turns out.