Carb Inlet Rubbers

[snoopysmutt]

A few years ago I took my Fazer to a main dealer's workshop to get the carbs balanced (I felt the tick over had gone off a bit). They said it wasn't posible to do because the inlet rubbers were cracked.  Later I had the inlets off to find that the cracking was superficial. Just for cosmetic reasons I smeared some black silicone sealant around the outside surface, reassembled and balanced the carbs myself. The bike still runs perfectly today.