Weird revving issue and bike wont idle

[jonest27]

See attached, the few I have come across was always this carb remove the two rubber pipes and poke the stiff wire through from both sides.

Blow it through, when I did my own originally it was difficult to blow through, once cleared it blew cleanly and the icing issues disappeared.

When finished blow it through right to left and it should be ok. If not repeat the process for each carb.

Pilot Screws

The 2002 and 2003 foxeye carbs have different shape pilot screws and are set at 2.5 turns out, all the boxeye 600 are all 2 turns out.

The Foxeye will not tick over cleanly when hot at 2 turns out.

4 turns out on the pilot screws usually refer to the 1000 Fazers which have been Ivanised.

You're a star mate!
Thanks for taking the time to get me those pics
I'll definitely set the screws to 2.5 turns out and see if it makes a difference, I dont really fancy taking the carbs back off to do it though, so I'll see if I can reach them without if not I think I'm gonna order one of these http://goo.gl/iUs4L1

[Fazerider]

Pilot Screws
The 2002 and 2003 foxeye carbs have different shape pilot screws and are set at 2.5 turns out, all the boxeye 600 are all 2 turns out.
The Foxeye will not tick over cleanly when hot at 2 turns out.
4 turns out on the pilot screws usually refer to the 1000 Fazers which have been Ivanised.

I recall Red98's boxeye ended up at 4 turns out, and his Colortune was telling him nearer 5 was optimum... it didn't solve what turned out to be an electrical problem, but the details are somewhere in the infamous stuttering thread.

[jonest27]

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Pilot Screws
The 2002 and 2003 foxeye carbs have different shape pilot screws and are set at 2.5 turns out, all the boxeye 600 are all 2 turns out.
The Foxeye will not tick over cleanly when hot at 2 turns out.
4 turns out on the pilot screws usually refer to the 1000 Fazers which have been Ivanised.

I recall Red98's boxeye ended up at 4 turns out, and his Colortune was telling him nearer 5 was optimum... it didn't solve what turned out to be an electrical problem, but the details are somewhere in the infamous stuttering thread.
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It's hailing and blowing a gale at the moment. I dont mind working on the bike in the rain, but I'll draw the line at hailstones lol.
When I'm able I'll try adjusting the screws and see if I can get them set right.
That Stutterin thread is huge! over 1000 replies it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack for those comments lol

[unfazed]

Generally the Fazers run slightly rich, which is why they take well to a K&N filter without out any adjustment. 

The Foxeyes ran slightly better at Idle due to changes in the pilot circuit and I would suggest you adjust yours to the standard settings first to get it working and then play around with it if you want.

You do not have to remove them completely just lift them up through the frame adjust the screws and pop them back down again.

The advantage of lifting them up is that you can see what you are doing and is probably a better bet if you are not used to doing this type ofwork.

[jonest27]

Ok, I know what the issue with not been able to adjust the screws is.
The issue is me!
Turns out I'm still a numpty!
Let me Keep a slice of my dignity by saying carbs look a lot different off to on.
When they're on you can see each screw clearly
When they are on there are so many holes and screws.
I was putting my screwdriver in a hole with no bloody screw!
Turns out I can reach all the mixture screws, I reck on I'll een reach number 3, just gotta wait for the bike to cool down a bit firstand then I should be good.
I've set all the others and it's sounding sooo much healthier.
I'll post back when I've done number 3
Thanks all of you for you're help

[jonest27]

So, all seems to be good now!
Not sure if all screws are perfect as it's quite hard to judge whether the screw has turned sometimes. Especially on that 3rd carb, the space is so tiny you'd need really little hand sto get in there properly, but I turned it to about where I think it should be and the bike is now idling fine
still needs a little choke till it's warmed up properly but after that it's fine.
So it looks like I'm all sorted.
Just wanna thank everyone one here again for their input so thanks again!
Cheers