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wierdo:
same happened to me after a fresh rebuild except it started perfectly but during warm up and a couple of blips of the throttle it just started to rev on its own.anyway after s**tting myself it took me a while to sort the problem.
My problem was the reed gasket area but i could'nt tell if it was the gasket( new), the reed block(new V2's) or the rubber boot all individually looked in perfect condition.
when assembled though, the bolt pattern of the reed block doesn't put  much tension in the corners allowing air to be sucked in, problem was fixed with hi temp silastic to all mating surfaces and a thick bead on the outside that was then smoothed over the reed/gasket/boot area for a complete seal up.   

chris91w:
you guys all gave me good sound advise and i checked everything. as to my last response i to thought it had to do with the intake boot that houses my reeds because i changed them when i did my top end. that being said and the fact that i was so freaked out and didnt want to start it again.... i took the bike in to the mechanic at the RACERS EDGE in simi valley california. They diagnosed and fixed my problem which turned out to be a stuck throttle cable because when i put the fuel tank back on i pinched the throttle cable which stuck it wide open. oops!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRE also said when the bike is wide open you cant shut the bike off when it is running at high rpm. so it was deiseling. crazy scarey and TRE only charged me 40.00 bucks to fix my F..K up.Freaking awsome of them. now my bike is perfect and ready for thanksgiving. thank you to everyone for your sound advise. Off to mojave now. Brrrrrrr

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