Do you drain the carbs by just backing out the screw on the bottom of each carb? And would you do that if you are riding for months at a time? I basically keep stabil in the fuel all the time except maybe middle of summer riding season.
Best, Keith 314-807-6005 > On Apr 3, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Lar Lar <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm living in the great white north so each fall I drain the 4 carbs until > spring. Each and every spring one or more carbs leak. This time it took me > hours and hours to stop it all. I put a hose on the vacuum part of the fuel > shut off to suck on that and get the fuel to flow to the carbs without > starting the bike, then drained all 4 carb bowels again and again. Each time > some crud came out. Did that until it came clear, then blew compressed air > (60psi) in where I took the drain plugs all the way out well holding a finger > over the bottom drain hole. After that it fired up and runs like a scared > cat, lol. Happens each year. First tank of fuel gets a good dose of Seafoam > and again later in the season. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/hlSI3PTfgDc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
