There are a few gas stations in the area that offer ethanol free gas, don't know ther octane but the stuff is very popular with the boating crowd in Daytona Beach and Ponce Inlet. Haven't started using it for my boat yet which is powered by a 23 year old Nissan 70hp two stroke but should. I've been using Sea Foam as an additive for the boat and keep the gas fresh.
Getting back to the bike, I pulled the carb and removed the pilot jet and gave ev erything a good blasting with carb cleaner but the problem is still there.
I got a little rough on it and was able to get the engine running at over 3500rpm but as soon as the rpms dropped below 3000 it would shut off with a lot of pops and crackles. The bike still runs at idle with the choke all the way out but as soon as I move the throttle or choke it shuts off. Had to walk away from it, wasn't getting anywhere, didn't want to break anything and decided to get back on it tomorrow.
I'l pull the carb again and give it a complete cleaning, didn't pull the slide this time around, any ideas as to what to look for? I might drop down a jet size from a 155 main to 152.5 and go back to the stock pilot jet which is what was in the carb before and ran well with the stage one cam.
I'm a bit puzzled with this one.
Thanks for all the help so far guys