HI
I am John from Hampshire and have joined as my Mrs has not been on her 2002 600 for about a year. I decided to try and start it for her today, the first time in months and although the battery is great it just turned over and over until I smelt fuel. I then noticed fuel pouring from a carb overflow tube.
After a bit of tinkering (effectively achieving nothing) and taking the bike out of the garage into the sun that is blazing down today, the bike eventually turned over but ran like a dog with one leg, however the fuel was now not pouring from the Carbs. I constantly needed choke (although turned down to half after a while) and needed to keep revs to about 4k in order to keep it running
My guess is that the fuel is old and dirt / crap is in the lines, or carbs or perhaps sticky float (perhaps all of these)
I am just looking for any basic advice or something I may have missed before I either attempt to have a go myself or suggest that "she who must be obeyed" firstly gets a garage to sort it out and secondly gets her arris on the bike more often.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
J