05-08-13, 07:20 AM
I've got a 2001 fazer which I hardly ever use.
It's done 700 miles from new.
I left it for several years and the carbs got blocked up.
I had two problems with them:
1) Float needle valve wouldn't close properly
2) Pilot jets blocked up.
Had to take the carbs off and clean them out.
Now I run it once a month and have put some Redex in the tank.
The FZS which I use regularly has done 70,000 miles and the carbs have never got blocked up.
My conclusion is they don't like being stood for a long period of time.
I had one other problem leaving the new one stood.
I've had two plug failures.
God knows why.
But I've had to replace two plugs over the last ten years.
On the one I ride regularly I've never had a plug failure.
It's done 700 miles from new.
I left it for several years and the carbs got blocked up.
I had two problems with them:
1) Float needle valve wouldn't close properly
2) Pilot jets blocked up.
Had to take the carbs off and clean them out.
Now I run it once a month and have put some Redex in the tank.
The FZS which I use regularly has done 70,000 miles and the carbs have never got blocked up.
My conclusion is they don't like being stood for a long period of time.
I had one other problem leaving the new one stood.
I've had two plug failures.
God knows why.
But I've had to replace two plugs over the last ten years.
On the one I ride regularly I've never had a plug failure.