High & inconsistent idling with backfiring

[mjpxs11sh]

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a word to the wise. if u dont do the work yourself, u will never know what was done to the carbs when u reinstall them and u have issues. in my experience after a carb cleaning, u most likely will have to make adjustments and/or fixes. these carbs are easy to r&r and clean. its what comes after that takes talent, so if ur not comfortable with mechanicals, i would ask if ur carb guy will set them up after the cleaning. theres a load of carb info here and lots of experience.
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[equinox1216]

Thanks guys!

I think you've talked me into giving it a whirl on this end.
A special thanks to DGXSER for the step by step process.
I have to schedule this event and will let you know how it turns out.

Thanks again for all the input.

[cywelchjr]

I'm a computer guy by trade myself and I rather like to wrench on the bike as something to do different. I don't have a workbench at the moment so I'm glad that mine are working fine without having to be gone into, but if they needed done I would certainly do them myself rather than pay someone to do them, even at the $30 rate, especially since if something went wrong I wouldn't know what he had done wrong, as least if I do it wrong I'll know it was my fault, and frankly, these carbs although a little picky about being clean and such are really pretty simple as compared to an automotive carb or FI.