15-07-22, 10:42 PM
Unfazed: Yes just turned the carbs upside down and tilted until they just rested on the float valve dodahs. We measured about 12-13mm ish, all were the same height as each other and I would say parallel with the carb housing (the flat part of the floats). Just replaced the O-rings (jets, needle etc) and float bowl gaskets. All the bits looked in very good condition after cleaning the gunk off, just O-rings etc were knackered. My bike has only done around 18k miles, had her for the last 20 years.
I got my kit from a seller called "carbtec" off ebay, supposedly viton. Has loads of kits on the shop for all sorts of bikes and reviews are good. Can be hard to get OEM bits now as some stuff they don't make anymore. I did see quite a few sellers which didn't metion what they were made of, so gave them a wide berth. Also some reviews which said the parts were the wrong size...probably the cheap Chinese stuff.
I will def not be leaving 95 fuel in over the winter. This new Ethanol fuel is terrible stuff, best avoided if possible. Wonder if the fuel injected bikes have this issue as well, should imagine a blocked injector would be costly to clean or replace.
I got my kit from a seller called "carbtec" off ebay, supposedly viton. Has loads of kits on the shop for all sorts of bikes and reviews are good. Can be hard to get OEM bits now as some stuff they don't make anymore. I did see quite a few sellers which didn't metion what they were made of, so gave them a wide berth. Also some reviews which said the parts were the wrong size...probably the cheap Chinese stuff.
I will def not be leaving 95 fuel in over the winter. This new Ethanol fuel is terrible stuff, best avoided if possible. Wonder if the fuel injected bikes have this issue as well, should imagine a blocked injector would be costly to clean or replace.