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Buddy 5O idle adjustment
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:15 pm
by BigJeff
I just bought a brand new stock OEM Carberator for my buddy 50 and it’s running perfect So I didn’t adjust it at all. I’m curious though - which way do you turn the black Knob to raise and lower the idle speed? I’ve had motorcycles that were different Depending on manufacture.
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:01 am
by tenders
Yeah, my new carb required zero adjustments and I have no intention of touching it either!
According to my notes with the original carb:
* for the idle speed thumbwheel, in (clockwise) is faster, out (counterclockwise) is slower.
* for the idle fuel mixture screw, out is richer, in is leaner, new is 1.25 turns out, recommended is somewhere between 1-2 turns out.
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:06 am
by BigJeff
Thank you for the reply. Well written.