carburetor

I was trying to figure out what was making carb#1 hiss when the choke was on, not make vacuum (unsyncable), and figure out why I had hanging revs on throttle blip... SO, I fiddled around with the choke lever and saw gas on the little brass tube coming through the rubber plunger/cover/thing (you...

After a loooong hiatus I am ready to get back in the saddle (work, Kids). Bought a battery, then installed it. Bike fired up but the front left carb is dumping fuel like crazy. Most of my experience is of the single cylinder variety so I am weary of opening a can of worms. My rookie diagnosis...

I've done some searching around, and I've seen talk of using R1 or Keihin flatslides or similar carbs. But these carbs generally don't come in the "square four" arrangement to fit the V4 VMX engine. How would one go about getting these carbs in such an arrangement to fit this engine? I figure...

Can anyone recommend a good tray or method to keep carb parts organized. I want to tear all of them apart yet not mix parts between different carbs. Thanks

A very detailed step by step idle circuit cleaning, I haven't tried it but others say it works. For others who tried it please comment about it and how successful clearing your problem. http://vmax.lvlhead.com/tips/shotgun.htm firfly