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Ok, well.... story continues. Had a break and a calm down and thought I'd take another look. disconnected the throttle cable by taking slack out of all the adjusters, only just managed to get the cables off, but done it :) Unplugged the electrical connection (whatever the hell that is for!) :) Then ...

I'll give you £50 for it delivered to North Devon :lol: Send Tony.mon or Cybercarl a PM as Mac suggested, hopefully they can help you out. I'd fix it for you but you'd have to get the bike to me, someone closer will help. Was the tap flowing when you pulled the pipes off ?, As I said you don't need...

Ok, well tank drained (mouth full of fuel!) typical! Tap turned off, the two pipes pulled off, managed to turn tank around and place where seat goes (without needing to pull any more of the dam tubes off!) Air filter lid and filter off. Air filter body off. Now looking at top of exposed carbs. Think...

Take lots of photo's when you take the tank and carbs off, a good pic of the fuel tap area will help you locate the vacuum pipe on refitting. Be methodical with the job, look at how the chokes attach, be careful with them, don't worry about the small coolant pipes just pull them off, they won't lea...

i fitted an old tank on a running bike. It was off a bike that stood for years but i had drained it and refueled it. when i tried to stat the bike the symptoms were the same as yours. swapped the fuel tap over and sorted. Thanks. Well, I shall take note of that, and bear it in mind. However, seeing...

alanfjones1411 wrote:Just been reading all your threads and in a nutshell it's carbs off and a thorough clean

Thanks, yes, that does seem to be the thing I need to do.
If nothing else, it does appear the float in one carb is stuck open.

A hour! lol I was thinking a whole weekend if I'm lucky! Funny I thought the bowl that stopped was the bad one, when it's the other one. Really if I do this, then I will need to do the plugs at the same time I guess, it would be silly not to at least check them. The guy who had the bike before me, f...

Thanks. Well, naturally taking carbs out, complex with lots of pipes and fuel is not something I'd want to do if there was "another way" hence me checking if there is another way, and posting what just happened in case someone says, "ahhh, if it's doing this, then XX needs doing inste...

The float valves are stuck. It sounds like one is stuck open and the other stuck closed. Time to pull the carbs and at least open the float bowls and give everything a good clean, though you might as well do the whole carb as it is out. Oh......... So do I take it, the one that keeps flowing and fl...

Firstly, thank you everyone, so far, for all the great replies and advice. I love how helpful you all are and it's so very much appreciated. Just a little update. Been out to take a look between the frame and saw two screws with drain holes under the carbs, I presumed these are the float bowl drains...

Have you opened the drains on the carbs to see if you are actually getting fuel to the carbs? The petcock could be stuck or the diaphragm could have cracked or torn. Nope, done nothing as of yet. Just been trying to start it, hoping once started and warmed up, it would simply clear itself. How do I...

Wicky wrote:This lot are very near you - and probably provide service to the aircraft at the airport near you.

http://www.bioclean.co.uk

Or get a can of carb cleaner solvent and/or ultrasonically clean them.

Thanks

Thanks.

Well yes, everyone seems to agree. Carb strip / clean and fresh plugs.

Would it be needed to get new jets, or is just cleaning what's there already a practical idea?

If you didn't drain the carbs when you initially stored it up 2 years ago then they are most likely gummed up. Get them stripped down and cleaned up. No, I did not drain them. Do you think they will still be drained, as the bike HAS run, albeit unhappily for perhaps a couple of minutes a few days a...

Ok, let me try and keep this simple :) Bikes been SORN off the road and sitting about 2 years :( Battery is fine (I did charge it every now and again to keep it good) I drained out the fuel, and put in 1 gallon of fresh. Turn ignition on, choke out with no throttle (as I've read and found out this i...