Check you air filter and check for intake air leaks. When you engage choke yoou are adding more fuel so the problem off choke is either not enough fuel(clogged jets or ports) or too much air.

 

yup to this.

check anything air and fuel related all the way from tank screen up to the carb. check for intake leaks if the carb isnt seated in the intake manifold properly or there is an air leak there she will get too much air. and so on.

 

Pilot jet is plugged

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thanks for the help guys, I'll take a look around for any obvious signs of air leaks.

 

Speaking from experience air leaks are not always (if ever) visible from a visual inspection. Mine looked fine but a quick squirt of starting fluid around the intakes quickly showed me I had air leaks. Also, I love seafoam but from what I've seen if you are using it to fix a problem that you noticed it is too late to try seafoam in most cases.

 

Alright, I will pick up some starting fluid and give it a try. I assume I will just hear the RPMs spike if there is an air leak.

 

Short update, I sprayed some carb cleaner all over the carb with no spike in rpms. The engine actually died which is telling me that it is running too rich which it smells like anyhow. I am an idiot though because I had never messed around with the idle screw, forgot I had one..lol. Been a little while since Ive had a carbureted bike. I adjusted the screw because it was all of the way out and now it is sitting roughly 2/3s the way in and it idles much better, but was studdering a bit. I took it for a short ride and now it is running much better, still a little off though but I'll wait till I get at least one tank with the sea foam through the carbs before I go as far as tearing them down. I did have another question though, how far should the idle screw be in/out?

 

I did have another question though, how far should the idle screw be in/out?

About 2 to 2 1/2 turns out, from the lightly seated position.

 

thats right where its at, about 2. Just drove it around some more and its running better. It still stumbles a bit when i first hit the throttle at first but then is pretty smooth. It does backfire a little bit though when I let go of the throttle at high rpm