I almost forgot to mention – the guy got the title straightened out so this week I am planning on going to get my gixxer. Sorry, that may be douchebag talk for “GSX-R” but I’m none the less excited.
It’s 20 years old, so that qualifies as vintage, right? I watched the Suzuki episode of Twist The Throttle and it sounds like this bike had played pretty significant role in creating the sport bike market. I’ve never really been into sport bikes, but I think these are really cool with the side by side headlights – a look I’ve always loved.
This will be bike #3 in my collection. The first is my 2008 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 that was my first bike. It’s pretty nice and really resembles the classic Japanese bikes of the 70′s and 80′s but it just doesn’t excite me all that much and low speed steering is a pain in the ass. It’s incredibly comfortable for riding though and the engine is extremely smooth (good old parallel twin). The second is of course my 1974 Honda CL200.
I’m also not really into customizing very much, but have been itching to do it a little. The Kawasaki is too new to molest and the Honda is too rare and classic to molest. This one should be a little fun…and the top end of the engine is f’ed so I’ll get to play around with a rebuild too. Hopefully the gearbox is fine.
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Your floats may be full of gas and thereby “sinking”. Check by shaking or melting a drain hole (if so equiped) that should be filled with solder. I feel that this may be the real problem or wrap the float in tissue and see if it absorbs any gas. Plastic or brass float?
Thanks for your advice. The one that’s leaking more is actually a brand new float. I think they’re brass. The one one the right hand side of the bike just had a hold plugged earlier this year. That side leaks very little now, but it leaked like crazy before the hole got filled. When I take the carbs off and blow air into the fuel line, the float valve is perfecly tight if I turn the carb upside down.