I have been searching and reading alot through the forums and I don't understand a couple of things and maybe some one can shed some light.  I have an 1985 ls 650

I don't understand the white spacer mod.  Is it in the carb already or what do I have to do to do it?  What does it actually do.

I was reading the carb tuning by lancer and I don't know what it is talking about.  I can't have the bike running and turn any screws or anything but the idle screw.

Please help.

The white spacer is inside, under the top cover, down in the bottom of the tube the diaphragm is on. By making it 1/2 as thick as it is you affect how high the needle sits with respect to the main jet & richens the mixture. Now, understand, I am no expert & have slept since i did this. Someone who has a better memory & more experience may see what I just said & laugh at me. I am sure about where it is, but the theory of why it needs trimmed may be all fuzzy by now. Someone will confirm or deny what I said.. surely. The pilot screw is hidden behind a small brass cap on the right side of the carb, if you sit on the bike, your right leg will be next to it. There is a tiny hole in the cap already I think, if not, it's still easy to find. Look at the rubber flange that holds the carb to the engine. The top of the carb where it enters that flange has a brass cap in about a 1/4" hole. With a drill bit that I had wrapped a bit of tape around so it didnt go too far in & mess up the head of the adjusting screw, I gently drilled a hole & then ran a sheetmetal screw in & pulled the cap with pliers on the screw. The main jet is in the bottom of the carb & is easy to change.The pilot doesnt always need changed & thats good cuz it can sometimes be stuck, Are you planning on changing the exhaust? I have no idea what the stock jets are for your year model, some of the older bikes werent set up so lean,, maybe you dont have a lot of work to do,,

here's a higher res of the assembly - in refference #6 changed from your orignal model that had the 3 groves on the needle - new ones only have 1 - so we sand down the spacer above it #4

http://suzukisavage.com/images/uploaded/Mikuni_101web.jpg

By the way Greg/Lancer - if and when you read this - do you have any idea what changed with the throttle plate between old and new bikes? I do not have an '85-87 carb to look over.

bavila wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

I thought the first LS650 was the 1986 model.