Motorcycle Repair: goldwing carbs, mechanical abilities, intake manifolds

Question
QUESTION: how do i remove and clean the carbs on my 1980 1100 goldwing?

ANSWER: Well, you have to pull the air cleaner box, remove the intake manifolds, cables and fuel lines and they come right out.

Regards
Rich

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QUESTION: how touchy are these carbs to clean myself, I have soom mechanical abilities. But they seem intimidating.

Answer
THey are pretty simple compared to a car.  The number of moving parts are less and the number of adjustments are fewer.  I'd recommend you only take off the float bowls when you're cleaning.  That's normally the only area that needs to be cleaned.  If you pull the jets and make sure they are clean and the floats are free, that's about all you'll need to do.  

If you separate all of the carbs, it can be tricky to get them back together and working right.


Regards
Rich