Can not for the life of me...

[sky1haze]

Get my carb adjusted right. I have tried so many different ways......all different symptoms everytime, but there is one common one.....The bike won't stay running when I close the choke...Now this is after it has warmed up enough...Also the black plugs that will make the bike buck slightly then shut off due to the black wet plugs.
The floats are at 26.5, there is no air leak, I tried the needle height........
Anyone have any ideas??

[paperslammer]

You are making sure the choke is all the way OPEN when you are ready to ride, correct? The open position is all the way down on the lever. Your bike should die if you have the lever all the way up, because it's not getting any air from the air filter.

[sky1haze]

For some stupid reason I was under the impression that it had to be closed.........
Thank-you paper.
The fouled plugs? Would it have anything to do with the plugs being d8ha's instead of d6ha's?

I haven't adjusted the valves. I have seen some basic illustrations, but didn't seem sufficient enough for me to give it a go.. You all must think I am not to smart thinking the choke had to be closed, I thought I have read that a few times...Oh well!

[paperslammer]

Actually, the only reason I know this is because I too was trying to keep the choke closed, was fouling plugs all the time, and finally, after reading and thinking about it, figured out that open made more sense. Then my plugs stopped fouling (because applying the choke burns more fuel, causing the mixture to be rich, and then fouls the plugs)! It was great! So no worries, we've all been there so you're in good company!

[e3steve]

For some stupid reason I was under the impression that it had to be closed.........
Thank-you paper.
The fouled plugs? Would it have anything to do with the plugs being d8ha's instead of d6ha's?

I haven't adjusted the valves. I have seen some basic illustrations, but didn't seem sufficient enough for me to give it a go.. You all must think I am not to smart thinking the choke had to be closed, I thought I have read that a few times...Oh well!

This is what The Forum is about, guys!

FYI: D6HA plugs are hotter in the heat range so will combust more readily; BUT they could also burn valve seats or hole pistons in extreme circumstances. Now, this is unlikely to occur if the carb is correctly adjusted and the ignition timing is correct and not over-advancing (to check this you need a strobe timing light -- come back if you have one and need more info) by moving just one grade hotter in the range (D7HAs are NLA).

You have started from the right direction, with a cooler plug (the 8); run the bike for a few miles -- or in the open air for 10 mins with a desk fan blasting from the front of the motor, giving it some beans but not full revs -- then pull the plugs and check the colour is a sandy brown.

I run 8s in CB, but perhaps someone with a C or CA Dream can comment on what they use.

I'm gonna see if I can pick up a Dream owner's handbook and upload it to Mediafire, to go with the CB handbook, for all to download and digest.

[bonjour]

A 7 or 8 should be fine.

You can use a 6 if you ride in a very cold climate , or you never get the engine warm and ride extremely short range's.

7 if you drive normal, but I would say use an 8 if you drive 'average' to long distance's, and you like to give the engine a kick ! ( probably most of us )

However, an 8 probably means some warming up issue's , but that should not be a problem because you ride the longer distance's . And if youre bike is tuned well, it should not give major problem's either.

Use a 9 if you're really on the trottle, and use a 10 if you race it.

I even got 12's for my CB with it ! (don't know if you can even buy these things anymore!) Should be a drama to warm it up. lol. ( not gonna use them ofcourse )

The prev. owner was an old classic race guy, he raced them back in the days.

[e3steve]

So can you get D7HAs in The Land of Tulips, then? No Longer Available according to NGK.

To help your English, btw, plurals don't require an apostrophe between the noun and the pluraliser (the "s", in most cases).

Please don't offer to help me with my Dutch!