hey gang - ok a while ago went on about my friends BSA A10 bobber thing and carb problems that we eventually got figured out w/ different pilot jet. The bike always seemed a bit to advanced as it would kickback most times but he just kind of dealt with it. This weekend after yet again more kicking back we decided to "retime" it and set it however many parts of an inch it says in the manual (forgot now - but same amount that i used to time my A10). Bike starts first kick - no kickback - nice! runs/accelerates up and down the street quite nice but damn if the engine doesn't race with a blip of the throttle and refuses to come back down to reason idle unless one blocks the carb orifice - and then with another blip it will be off again. I don't think the cables are sticking - check em all, etc - at first i thought too lean carbs - but needle up or down makes no difference (on the racing idle), neither does changing does pilot jets (except making it idle shitty) - nothing - WTF. sprayed WD40 all over the manifolds thinking leak w/ nothing. Is excessive retarding a cause - and would this still allow the bike to run/accelerate OK and start first kick?? weird thing is the bike ran good besides the seemingly constant kickback before retiming....
thx!
