Soaking the carbs in most carb cleaners with the seals or any other rubber
in it, will distort or ruin the seal or rubber and cause more problems.
"CS" <idontwork.RemoveThis@fcc.gov> wrote in message
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> "acof911" <acof911.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> you really have to check out www.xs11.com
>>
>> I run both petcocks open. FYI the petcock handle points to the desired
>> setting.
>> Cleaning carbs is not that difficult and there are excellent articles
>> explaining how to do it on that web site. I did mine in about 2 hrs.
>> and the only new parts I needed were new needle valves and seats.There
>> are two styles, rubber tipped for the newer xs11s and brass for the
>> older style. They are available from lots of folks on ebay.
>> Syncing made a big difference for my bike, it runs a lot better after
>> a thorough cleaning and a sync.
>
> Thanks for the tips!
>
>> whatever you do don't let the shop soak them in carb cleaner.
>> Hopefully they have an "old head" mechanic there who can work on your
>> bike properly.
>
> Again, thanks for the tips, but I am confused about the whole soak/don't
> soak thing with carbs.
>
> CS
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