[96F3-Matt]

I left the pecock valve in the on position during the winter by acident or my brother went in the garage and was messing with it. any way i couldent get the bike started so i changed the plugs and oil and sprayed some carb cleaner in to the carbs... now the bike will start at full choke and idle at full choke and i can take the choke off gentaly and some what get the bike to idle... It is still not strong though .... any thoughts >>> i think it might need a new jet because it is cloged some where any ideas on how to clean them out... or get the bike running smooth???

[SoCal94F2]

If you let a bike sit for a log time and fuel in the carbs are allowed to evaporate, then you may have resin clogging up the idle and pilot jets. If you had to crank the idle up from its pervious position, and the bike feels sluggish in the lower rpms but better at higher rpms then this might be the case. It is not too difficult to clean the carbs if you have some basic mechanical aptitude.

To clean the carbs, you need to remove the tank and in some cases remove the right side triangular motor mount plate (depends on how small your hands are). From there you can loosen the carb boots at the engines head (not the carb side), remove a few of the vacuum lines to the airbox (make note of where these connect) and gently rock the airbox and carbs as one unit off the bike (easy trick way). Now flip the airbox over and remove the fuel bowls one at a time.

If this is your first time, it may be easier for you to remove the screws that connect the carbs to the airbox and remove them sepperately. This is also a good time to Jet Kit if you havent done one before They have easy instructions to follow.

http://www.musclecross.com/jetbox/we...loat-carb5.jpg

There are three copper looking tubes which extend from the carb into the bowls (see link above for picture). The one that only has a hole in it without a flathead slot is the idle jet (far right in the pic). Use the wire from inside a twistie tie to clear that passage of any blockage, the hole is extremely small inside the tube. Next go to the pilot jet which is on the far right in that picture, use a flathead to remove it and clean all the passages on the pilot jet. Finally, since you are already in there, just pull the main jet and make sure it is clear (they almost always are - too big of a hole to clog). Put the bowl back on and you are done. Repeat this for each fuel bowl. Take your time and pay attention to detail. Reverse your disassembly and your done. Be careful not to twist your throttle cables by rotating the airbox all the way over instead of flipping it back the same way you originally turned it over.

[96F3-Matt]

awsome thanks for the help i know how to get the bike down to the air box being completly off do you know any where on the net to show me a diagram of pulling the carbs off???

[SoCal94F2]

I keep telling myself I'll make a tutorial on that becuase I've never seen one out there... but I never got around to it.

[cbr joe]

i just did the EXACT same thing...my mechanic told me last nite it's my pilot jets!

joe

[cbr joe]

just curious, but what ended up happening with this?

joe