Bike Running/starting problems?

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have a 82 suzuki gs 550 with a 4 car setup. The bike runs/accels fine in nuetral and with the clutuch lever pulled. The bike accelerates good excecpt at higher rpm(close to shift point) it boggs and doestn't want to go any faster. It does this in all gears. It has nothing to do with the tranny, i am suspecting fuel/ignition system. The bike accels fine when at a low rpm. Any lead would be great at this point, thanks

New fuel filter and plugs. I just put the carbs on after a through cleaning; jets and all including all ports.

This bogging will not let me get above 50mph!!!


I just bought the bike a while ago. It has ran this way from the beginning.

I recently got a new airfilter for it.

In neutal and when clutch is in I can open the throttle to Wide open without any hestitation. It seems it boggs only under a load at higher rpms. Also It will not start with the enricher, I have to spray carb cleaner in it to start.
By the way, i had it on the hiway and engaged the enricher to see if it would run better(suspecting not enough fuel for the reason of the bogging) and it got worse.
 
Carbs.
Thats my experience.
A couple times to fix inline 4's , I gave up on cleaning and adjusting and bought whole sets on ebay. Then all was well.

In addition from about 1979-1982 carbs were leined way way out to meet emission laws. Sometimes rejetting is the cure.
 
wernt they ''points'' ignition.[its old enough]...ide be looking into that,especially if it has a advance/retard unit on it[balance weights]..
al;so get the carbs balanced with vac gauges..
 
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