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Demonik · July 26th, 2017, 11:31 PM

I'll also jump in here, as a noob to the forum and a veteran to the "OMFG my Ninja carbs..." and say that yeah man, your carbs are gonna be rank. They can be fixed in a few hours max.

Just pull em now and don't use that seafoam ****; it is really easy. NEXT TIME, don't store your bike without stabil in the tank and start it every two weeks! Ethanol attaches to the water molecules in fuel now and beats up the brass in the carbs. Doom.

Set aside about 2-3 hours. The night before, watch the video on how to pull the fairings and use the speed rivets properly, and watch the video on how to pull your carbs. Keep track on your bolts in organizers. Pull the tank. Drain that **** out. Drop your tail fairings, drop your battery box, schooch your fender down, airbox backs up and back, schooch your carbs back a tad, sideways and out, off with the bowls, pull the main jets and slow jets, CLEAN them with a scrubby physical method even a wire tie from a bread bag down the jet if you want (but don't gouge them), strip and boil them if you have to, make sure you can 14/10 see daylight again through them again, clean EVERY last spot of visible vergidis (green ****) or it will haunt you for ever) THEN quickly plop it back in the bike, reinstall in about 35 minutes, fresh gas, BAM.

Good luck. There are some REAL smart guys on here you can learn a lot of good things from like RamJet and Ducatiman, if those old dudes don't fight with you first, because they literally have busted and fixed everything on these things.

July 26th, 2017, 11:31 PM	#18
Demonik V-Twin Addict Name: Robert "Doc" Location: Seattle Area, Washington Join Date: May 2017 Motorcycle(s): '99 Buell X1, '09 Buell 1125CR,'10 Kaw EX250 (down to one), '13 MV Agusta F3 Posts: 43	I'll also jump in here, as a noob to the forum and a veteran to the "OMFG my Ninja carbs..." and say that yeah man, your carbs are gonna be rank. They can be fixed in a few hours max. Just pull em now and don't use that seafoam **; it is really easy. NEXT TIME, don't store your bike without stabil in the tank and start it every two weeks! Ethanol attaches to the water molecules in fuel now and beats up the brass in the carbs. Doom. Set aside about 2-3 hours. The night before, watch the video on how to pull the fairings and use the speed rivets properly, and watch the video on how to pull your carbs. Keep track on your bolts in organizers. Pull the tank. Drain that out. Drop your tail fairings, drop your battery box, schooch your fender down, airbox backs up and back, schooch your carbs back a tad, sideways and out, off with the bowls, pull the main jets and slow jets, CLEAN them with a scrubby physical method even a wire tie from a bread bag down the jet if you want (but don't gouge them), strip and boil them if you have to, make sure you can 14/10 see daylight again through them again, clean EVERY last spot of visible vergidis (green **) or it will haunt you for ever) THEN quickly plop it back in the bike, reinstall in about 35 minutes, fresh gas, BAM. Good luck. There are some REAL smart guys on here you can learn a lot of good things from like RamJet and Ducatiman, if those old dudes don't fight with you first, because they literally have busted and fixed everything on these things. __________________________________________________ "I wrecked a moped once trying to pick up bitches in front of a party doing a stoppie" 14/10 would do again.