Motorcycle Idling for a while glorious, wont come down. Advice?

I have a 1982 Yamaha Virago 750cc's. I basically tore apart the carbs and cleaned them out, and replace the spark plugs. Made some other minor repairs. Now the bike is back together. Fired up Beautifully. But it's Idling around 3000 RPM and wont come down.

Before the repairs the rust would wander incessantly, climbing up for no foundation, or bog out and stall. So I'm glad its holding a strong steady idle, but is 3000 RPM a right Neutral RPM? Is there a route to drop it down?

Before you mention the obvious: I did not gross any adjustments (that I am aware of) to the carbs so that they would run richer. Yes, the choke is completely closed, and yes the demarcate screw on the Idle control is all the opening down. Still holds at 3000 RPM.

My one guess is that when I re-installed the throttle cable on the carbs, I may have taken out too much slack. Like to know if within is anything else I should look for next time I enjoy the tools out.

Thanks.

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Answers:    Your thought about the cable adjustment is a moral one.
Another thing to look for is the cable routing. If it is not within the right place it can become tight and cause indistinguishable thing. A second would be if the tang that the screw sits on is bent. The item that clues me to this is the reality that your idle is at the remarkably bottom. This is never the case unless something else is bizarre.

3000 is high. I don't know the spec, but it should be closer to 1000.

Added: If the intake be obstructed it would run rich and slower, not faster.

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Adjust your carb. That's all I can utter. Flush the system. Mhm. Since you cleaned the carb, you MIGHT of knocked something out of set off. Just try screwing next to it a bit. Your timing might be off too.

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