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Bike tries to grenade itself.

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BigGreenMachine:
The boot is an easy fix. Go to the hardware store and buy some rubber tool handle dip and coat the outside of the boot with it. Seals it up great.

fluffy:
hey i tried that shut off the gas test but my 500 just stopped. what next?

booneylander:
Well I took the carb out and removed the boot and reed as well. The boot is cracked on the outside but the cracks don't go through so I can't imagine that would be the source of any air leaks.

Disassembling the carb is next on the list.

Just out of curiosity, what do you guys think of my plug?

billygoat500:
that bike is definatly leaning out intermittently,check the fuel system,clean the carb. Get this fixed now!!! I have a friend that was tuning up a CAN-AM for his nephew.
He took the bike for a spin after working in it, and the idle air screw came out. he said it made more rpm's than a F1 car. he tried to use kill switch but it wouldn't shut off. (bits of carbon in chamber glowing red!!) he eventually shifted into higher gear and dumped the clutch. bike would not stall and swung around. His foot got caught in the rear sprocket and removed his leg below the knee. He said they found parts of his leg 100 feet away. Got air lifted to hospital. He now is the proud owner of a prosthetic leg wich belive it or not has a "FOX" shock absorber in it!! The moral os this story is fix that now!!!! Oh yeah is the idle screw loose???

booneylander:
So, what's a good carb to put on this bike  :-D

I started taking apart the carb and noticed that the slide is badly worn on the exterior of the thin skirt, on the side opposite the idle screw.

My local Kawi dealer "can't" (or doesn't feel like it's worth his time to investigate), get me a new slide, OR a new needle, or a new float, no carb rebuild kits available... his words "The bike's what? 25 years old? All the parts are sold and they aren't making any more, so I can't get you any of that stuff".

I'm not one to argue with people that stand behind counters all day, so I had a look at Ronayers and Bikebandit, and it looks like I can get what I need from there. Only problem being I'm in Canada and cross border shipping sucks, and is a hassle and all that junk.

So I got to looking on eBay and I can buy a brand new carb for anywhere between 150-300$, so I figured why not just go that route?

Anyone have any insight as to what would be THE carb to have for my older, air cooled machine?

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