Carb adjustment on 94 SL 650

[ssmith]

I have gone thru the carbs and started trying to set the fuel mixture. I am have some trouble figuring out what I'm looking for. I started out out at 1+ turn (the approx. original setting) and got black/wet plugs. Too rich from the discriptions. So I am turning the low speed screws in. I have started w/ new plugs again because I can't read the black ones. Will they clean up as I lean out the mixture? I am now starting to see some brown around the insulator w/ black closer to the electrode, it all still seems a little wet. Am I close? Also the cylinders are not equally hot. #1 is hotter than 2 & 3 which both seem to be about the same. What does this mean?

Thanks for the help.

[Bryan Glynn]

It sounds like you are on the right track. Ye sthe plugs will clean up a little, but once you get really close you will need a new set to get a really accurate reading. All thee carbs will be slightly different, and if you have them all the same I'm not surprised they are running at slightly different temps right now.