>From the way you've described it, you haven't really cleaned your carbs very well. Don't break the rack, but take off floats, jets, vacuum pistons, etc. Buy a bottle or two of Yamalube Carb Cleaner. It can be diluted with water. It will not harm o-rings or other rubber parts. Heat the Yamalube bottle in boiling water to heat it up and then soak the barb bodies in that. I do one end of the rack overnight, reheat, do the other 1/2. Then swish the rack in a bucket of water an blow out all the passages with compressed air. Be sure to blow out the jet in the bowl that is not removable. For a long time I thought there were only 2 jets and wondered why my bike needed started fluid to start. Sorry Kyle, but if you don't remove the caps you cannot possibly blow out the port that requires the bulge in the caps. Only when you feel air blowing out the other end of every orifice can you say that your carbs are clean.
There may also be spark issues, but just cleaning removable jets and bowls will not do it. Try the Yamalube for a complete clean without separating your carbs.And don't throw it away--you can use it again and again. -- 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.
