Hi mate… good honest video. I’d recommend draining the float bowls. There’s a drain screw on each carb, they’re all free as I took them out and cleaned them all up. The fuel will eventually clear it in the end, but the high ratio of sea foam will sit in the bottom of the float bowls and cause issues. 👍👍
Thanks mate - I have a trusty Haynes Manual and know all about the drain plugs...however I'm a bit hesitant to start pulling the bike apart with my ham fists. I'm what you might call an 'oil change qualified' home mechanic! Do I need to remove the carbs from the bike to do that? I can't really find any instructions online
@@thomascharnock it’s technically possible to do it with them in place, if you have a crazy long, and the right shape tools, but in all honesty I’d whip the carbs off (you can leave the throttle/choke cable all connected) and give them a good external clean/service the linkages etc whilst your in there.
@@headrace4863 thanks as ever for your advice! In the first instance, I've already been out on it again and used up even more of the horror fuel and refilled the tank with E5/Super. That seems to have sorted it, back to it's old super smooth self. Phew! I will look at draining the carbs in the near future though, just to be sure.
Oh noes at least you know what the solution is, if you need to run the tank dry and the bike struggles to start how are you going to get it to the garage on near empty? use a petrol can?
Hi mate… good honest video. I’d recommend draining the float bowls. There’s a drain screw on each carb, they’re all free as I took them out and cleaned them all up. The fuel will eventually clear it in the end, but the high ratio of sea foam will sit in the bottom of the float bowls and cause issues. 👍👍
Thanks mate - I have a trusty Haynes Manual and know all about the drain plugs...however I'm a bit hesitant to start pulling the bike apart with my ham fists. I'm what you might call an 'oil change qualified' home mechanic! Do I need to remove the carbs from the bike to do that? I can't really find any instructions online
@@thomascharnock it’s technically possible to do it with them in place, if you have a crazy long, and the right shape tools, but in all honesty I’d whip the carbs off (you can leave the throttle/choke cable all connected) and give them a good external clean/service the linkages etc whilst your in there.
@@headrace4863 thanks as ever for your advice! In the first instance, I've already been out on it again and used up even more of the horror fuel and refilled the tank with E5/Super. That seems to have sorted it, back to it's old super smooth self. Phew! I will look at draining the carbs in the near future though, just to be sure.
Oh noes at least you know what the solution is, if you need to run the tank dry and the bike struggles to start how are you going to get it to the garage on near empty? use a petrol can?
I've already done it mate, ran it to almost empty and filled it up again. Seems to be back to it's usual smooth self now!