Back to stock(ish) part 3

First ride with the original carbs after about 1 year and the seat-of-the-pants performance meter indicates that the cb750c is sloooow.

I'm sure my performance meter needs recalibration after riding around on the new Street Triple, but I'm pretty sure the old girl was not this slow with the gixxer carbs.

I'm sure I need to do some troubleshooting, maybe check for intake leaks or pull the carbs and see if anything is wrong.

Otherwise, with the standard mac mufflers she sounds angry.

Loud, slow, and angry, but I love the way she looks and like the riding position.

I'm going to continue riding her this way looking for any opportunities to get her running the way she was meant to run.

Had 2 fuel leaks after re-installing the original carbs. #4 float valve was leaking and now appears to be sealing after dropping the bowl and fingering the floats. Then #2 bowl gasket was leaking because the gasket got pinched on reinstall.

Seems like my choke is not doing the fast idle but doesn't seem critical as she seems to be warming up ok with just the throttle.

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