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Originally Posted by turboguzzi
it could be so many things, maladjusted valves and an iffy CDI least likely.....
some months ago there was a guy who just like you bought an 86 for cheap, ended up spending 1500$ on it, bike still not running, "discovered" a welded sprocket on the tranny shaft which would require an engine disassembly to sort out and then forever disappeared from the forum... cant blame him!
maybe post some pics to see if it's worth the effort fixing so we can save you form similar fate.
Hope you didnt buy by chance HIS heap of bike 
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That would certainly suck, but I have high hopes. The carbs hadn't been cleaned on this thing for awhile and I'm sure that dude at least cleaned his carbs, right?
I know the valves are good. I've cleaned many a carb, and feel good about its condition, although I noticed the choke is sticking... so need to have a closer look at that. I'm going to pull the carbs and set the float height anyway. I ran a guitar string through every port and jet, so I know things are flowing.
The more I read, the more I wonder if it's the fact that there is no air filter and the air box is wide open (plus the patch job on the exhaust)... just how the bike came. I have new air filters in the mail. It sounds like these bikes are VERY sensitive to air/fuel mixture ratios being off?
Any tips on an affordable replacement exhaust?
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