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Hi Oldawg... I pulled my carbs back off, soaked the metering blocks for at least 2 or 3 hours in berryman chem dip...rinsed in hot water, probed with tiny drill from harbor freight, sprayed carb cleaner through them and plenty of air nozzle application and reassembled and they work fine now...

She is alive...............I pulled carbs...soaked the metering blocks in berryman chem dip for about 2 hours each..probed, sprayed, and prayed.. Reassembled everything.. cranked her up and all is well. Thanks to everyone including dannymax and firemedic for the input and help J. Nelson Sr.

Fire medic....where you have the drill in the picture above i thought that was a brass plug....I guess I will split the carbs and check that part of the metering block...

This time I ran it with the air box off..I didn't have the manifold screws tightened either....they fit so snug i figured it would really matter for a test run. I will buckle it all down and try it again..with filter and all....going to put new plugs in and see if it helps... bike has 13,000...

Thanks for help...still acts like its running out of fuel..I pulled carbs, disassembled, ultrasonic cleaned including jet blocks ..then blew air through them...pulled main jet, emulsion tube, and the other little jet with the tiny hole..they were all clean and open. one fellow posted a picture...

Thanks for all the replies....Pulled carbs...ultrasonic cleaned..jets were perfect..diaphragms all good..I know sync is not perfect but made sure butterflies opened at exactly the same time..carbs are clean.. It still acts like it is starving for fuel..checked pump output...it seemed strong...

Sold bike ... had set a while...cranked and ran on choke but would not idle...did the shotgun and peashooter system and now it idles fine..but...it will not run above idle..it bogs and goes dead.. I have decided the best shot at fixing it is to pull the carbs and clean them good. My question...

I hold the tube with slider down and bump slider with a rubber hammer and it pops loose every time. hope it woks for you

John "Red" Nelson....Msgt USAF Retired.... 71 years old...got me a 2004 Vmax today.......can't remember why. Oh yes It was on my bucket list. The forum is a great source of information on the care and maintenance of the beast. Looking forward to interacting with the other folks