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Im trying to get my yamaha riva running i cleaned the carb really good and changed fluids new spark plug blew out the carb with compressed air. It starts awesome right away and idles great. As soon as i start to give it gas, it bogs and dies, does anyone know what my problem is here????

Thanks,
Joe

I will definitely check that out. There was a couple wires that were the same color and i might have just mixed them up. ill let you know.

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