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greg737 · May 13th, 2018, 08:07 AM

In the last two years I've refurbished two motorcycles, a 1999 and a 2001. Both of them required the replacement of a lot of aging parts.

The problem people get into with older vehicles is being unwilling to replace items that the manufacturer (Kawasaki) considered "consumables". Sometimes it's best just to admit to yourself that old vehicles require maintenance and to accept that some parts don't last forever (that they weren't designed to last forever).

If you fight this inevitable reality of older-bike ownership you can find yourself in a spin-cycle of frustration, doing something like cleaning and re-cleaning your carbs over and over because that's what you've decided to believe is the problem when the truth is something else like a failing petcock and/or needing to have your carbs rebuilt (and I mean professionally rebuilt, complete new O-rings and seals and re-setting to factory specifications like Gordon/Ducatiman does, instead of just "cleaning" them again).

May 13th, 2018, 08:07 AM	#5
greg737 - Name: - Location: - Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): - Posts: A lot.	In the last two years I've refurbished two motorcycles, a 1999 and a 2001. Both of them required the replacement of a lot of aging parts. The problem people get into with older vehicles is being unwilling to replace items that the manufacturer (Kawasaki) considered "consumables". Sometimes it's best just to admit to yourself that old vehicles require maintenance and to accept that some parts don't last forever (that they weren't designed to last forever). If you fight this inevitable reality of older-bike ownership you can find yourself in a spin-cycle of frustration, doing something like cleaning and re-cleaning your carbs over and over because that's what you've decided to believe is the problem when the truth is something else like a failing petcock and/or needing to have your carbs rebuilt (and I mean professionally rebuilt, complete new O-rings and seals and re-setting to factory specifications like Gordon/Ducatiman does, instead of just "cleaning" them again).