Alf Stewart wrote:Flicked some water at the headers after idling a little and number 4 evaporates on contact, the rest are warm but not enough to so the same. Cool enough i can touch.
Yup, that works. I've used a misting spray bottle.
Alf Stewart wrote:Did some research and cleaning the carbs doesn't look all that complicated. I did pull them off and remove float bowls last night, nothing jumped out at me but was late and very likely i overlooked something.
It's not super hard, just a bit tedious. Getting the carbys out and back into a straight-4 is usually the hardest part.
If you can see clean alloy in the float bowls then they should be ok. Stale fuel will leave a coating which I've had to scrape off.
Stale fuel also had a distintive bad smell which will hang on even after running clean fuel through the system. Stale fuel will also do a fine job of rusting a steel fuel tank.
Alf Stewart wrote:I intend on picking up some cans of carb cleaner during the week and ill pull them down and clean, i suspect float needles or something else may be gunked up. Ill just pull apart and drown it, hope for the best.
While carby cleaner does not bother metals, it is potent enough to affect plastics and rubber so I would not recommend a wholesale soaking.
Alf Stewart wrote:I did read somewhere about counting turns for something in particular, need to double check that. I have the workshop manual which makes it handy.
That would be the pilot screw adjustment. The pilot screw mostly controls idle and low load mixture.
Alf Stewart wrote:While i have them out should I attempt to balance throttle's? They looked ok by eye.
If they look pretty close then they probably are.
After I've had carbys completely apart and back together, I'll use the main idle speed screw to open up a carby by a few millimetres. Then I get a drill bit of around 2 to 3 millimetres and set all the throttles using the drill bit as a feeler gauge between the throttle plates and the carby bores.
That gives a good starting point before a final balance on the running bike with typical balance gauges.
Alf Stewart wrote:And also should i check float heights and any thing else?
Float heights make a difference.
Your shop manual should show how to remove the floats and examine the rubber tip on the float needles.
Alf Stewart wrote:As for colour i still have no idea. Im liking the colour it is, with the exception of some silly flames on the front fairings.
Go with whatever grabs you. You are are the one who has to live with it.