Motorcycle Repair: carb adjustments, spark plug wires, carb adjustments

Question
QUESTION: Hi Mike,m I have an 81 ironhead 1000cc and it is running way to rich. It has S&S carb I need to find out how to make it better. I do not have any diagrams of it to look at to see what to turn.   any help appreciated.

ANSWER: You first need to determine if its the carb. Has it always run to rich or is it just somthing that just started?
Mike

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QUESTION: It has ran this way since I bought it in the spring.

Answer
SInce you dont know if it has always done this, because you bought in the spring, I would start by doing a OHMs test on the coil and spark plug wires. If the coil is bad you can get fouling plugs. If they test out then I would check the jetting of the carb. You can go to the S&S web site and in the tech pages you will find how to adjust and jet the carb.
Good luck and happy riding
Mike