I've been reading the forum but I haven't found anyone describing the problem that I have.
A little back ground, I just bought the 85 Max which has a 92 engine on it. The previous owner said that it ran fine when he parked it about a year and a half ago. He did get it out once last year for a short ride and said, that other than the battery, it was OK then but the gas is now a year and a half old. When I trailered it home, I stopped and filled it up with fresh gas but it only held 2 gallons so it's about half and half new gas/old gas.
I've done an oil, gear oil, spark plug, and battery change, plus fixed a couple of minor issues. It now starts great, idles decent, and pulls like a sum'bitch at WOT.
The problem is that it returns to idle very slowly when revved. It even does the same thing when riding it, if I ease on the gas and then let up, it keeps pulling. I have to use the brakes to hold it back. If I pull in the clutch, it will maintain the rpm for several seconds before easing slowly back to idle speed.
Is is something stopped up in the carbs? Just old gas? A mechanical problem such as cracked rubber parts from sitting?
I added 3 ounces of Seafoam to the fuel last night. Think that will help?
I'm an OK shadetree mechanic when it comes to cars or Harleys but this is a different beast to me.
I took it out this afternoon and wanted to burn enough gas through it that I could add a couple more gallons of gas and a couple more ounces of Seafoam to it but I got rained on a couple of miles from the house and returned.:bang head:
TIA for any help.
A little back ground, I just bought the 85 Max which has a 92 engine on it. The previous owner said that it ran fine when he parked it about a year and a half ago. He did get it out once last year for a short ride and said, that other than the battery, it was OK then but the gas is now a year and a half old. When I trailered it home, I stopped and filled it up with fresh gas but it only held 2 gallons so it's about half and half new gas/old gas.
I've done an oil, gear oil, spark plug, and battery change, plus fixed a couple of minor issues. It now starts great, idles decent, and pulls like a sum'bitch at WOT.
The problem is that it returns to idle very slowly when revved. It even does the same thing when riding it, if I ease on the gas and then let up, it keeps pulling. I have to use the brakes to hold it back. If I pull in the clutch, it will maintain the rpm for several seconds before easing slowly back to idle speed.
Is is something stopped up in the carbs? Just old gas? A mechanical problem such as cracked rubber parts from sitting?
I added 3 ounces of Seafoam to the fuel last night. Think that will help?
I'm an OK shadetree mechanic when it comes to cars or Harleys but this is a different beast to me.
I took it out this afternoon and wanted to burn enough gas through it that I could add a couple more gallons of gas and a couple more ounces of Seafoam to it but I got rained on a couple of miles from the house and returned.:bang head:
TIA for any help.