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foo_dog · July 24th, 2023, 08:39 PM

Thank you everyone, this is encouraging. As for the carbs, I had it running with the Seafoam cycling through, hopefully its in there now doing its magic and I can avoid having to pull the carbs and mess around with that.

And good to know about the dead-end wires. Looks like previous owner also pulled the back half of the rear fender and has some wires dangling there too. Managed to find an entire rear fender/rear light assembly cheap on ebay. Just spent way too much money on ebay tonight but this model seems to have tons of support. Similar to my other bike the VN750, 20+ year run with very little changes it seems.

Just in case you haven't already seen this - https://www.pure-gas.org/
List of stations that still sell ethanol free gasoline. Whenever we visit the Lancaster area I stop by the Wawa in Gap, PA and fill up some 5 gallon jugs. Use that then year-round for lawn equipment or resurrecting old motorcycles. Doesn't seem to go bad quickly like the regular pump gas, good for these kinds of projects.

July 24th, 2023, 08:39 PM	#5
foo_dog ninjette.org newbie Name: Brian Location: Glenside, PA Join Date: Jul 2023 Motorcycle(s): 2002 Kawasaki VN750, 2001 Kawasaki Ninja 250 Posts: 8	Thank you everyone, this is encouraging. As for the carbs, I had it running with the Seafoam cycling through, hopefully its in there now doing its magic and I can avoid having to pull the carbs and mess around with that. And good to know about the dead-end wires. Looks like previous owner also pulled the back half of the rear fender and has some wires dangling there too. Managed to find an entire rear fender/rear light assembly cheap on ebay. Just spent way too much money on ebay tonight but this model seems to have tons of support. Similar to my other bike the VN750, 20+ year run with very little changes it seems. Just in case you haven't already seen this - https://www.pure-gas.org/ List of stations that still sell ethanol free gasoline. Whenever we visit the Lancaster area I stop by the Wawa in Gap, PA and fill up some 5 gallon jugs. Use that then year-round for lawn equipment or resurrecting old motorcycles. Doesn't seem to go bad quickly like the regular pump gas, good for these kinds of projects.