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Take the bystarter off the carb you bought, put it in your old carb, put the old carb on the Gyro. I'll bet it runs fine and will continue to run when it is warm. We tried this. Starting to think that it is not the Carb that is making it not idle. With the old carb and the new bystarter, it will st...

Starting to think that it is not the Carb that is making it not idle. With the old carb and the new bystarter, it will start better (just a little throttle instead of half or full) but still refuses to idle correctly. I will try and see if maybe the Reed is the problem. Needing throttle to start an...

Would anyone happen to have a good carb for this Gyro for sale?

Take the bystarter off the carb you bought, put it in your old carb, put the old carb on the Gyro. I'll bet it runs fine and will continue to run when it is warm. We tried this. Starting to think that it is not the Carb that is making it not idle. With the old carb and the new bystarter, it will st...

Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:

Hard starting and no idle suggest possible broken reed. Check that .

Where is this Reed you speak of?

So I have a Honda Gyro S, and it has always ran really well. This spring I took it out of the shed and cleaned it out like normal, started it up fine, and ran it about 1/5th of a mile down the road and back. When I stopped it did not want to idle unless I played with the screw. Once I got it idling,...

I used to have that problem also. But that was when we were tinkering with the Carb cause it wouldnt stay idling. I do have a question that someone may be able to answer. I have an 85 Gyro S that on first start up will idle fine, I will take it up the road and come back, (maybe 1/5 of a mile) and th...

Higgins Lake and I have a '85 Honda Gyro S.

I might as well ask that if anyone knows a lot about these Gyros, I have a few questions so please feel free to message me.