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My bike runs rough idleing and at slow speeds. It

My bike runs rough idleing and at slow speeds. It also is jerking at slow speeds. At full throttle it seems to run fine.

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Check for intake leaks where the carburetor manufolds connect to the heads, when it is running at idle dpray WD40 around the area if the idle increases there is a intake leak.
reolace the gasket/gaskets,and since the carb will be off clean it or have a mechanic do it.

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