!972 cb500 carb/clutch issues

drakoniusdrago

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Hey, recently purchased a cb500, which has two major issues as of now that I am trying to figure out:

1) When the bike is in first gear and I hold the clutch in (in traffic or a stopped at a red) the rpm's rev up to like 3-3.5 and some white smoke comes out of the clutch area. I always turn it off when this happens- smoke smells like burning rubber. I guess I can keep putting it in neutral at stops, but somewhat inconvenient.

2) the bike is only running on full choke. I have been letting it idle for several minutes and when i turn the choke off it dies, even if i try to give it gas. I think this is an issue with the main jet/vacuum leak.

any thoughts (mainly with regard to number one, would be greatly appreciated, as I am new to motorcycle mechanics)
 
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