Zepp

I hope your health stays better this year .  

Whenever I bundle-up for a chily day ride , I think of those fellers who ride Snowmobiles , and it makes my ride seem nice and warm !  The Heated gloves and vest help with the "seeming warm too"  

Hey again, now its spring in my part of Sweden!
And today I only wright to get of some of my frustration.. and mayby get some sympathy.
Today was my day of control inspection for my bike!
I was prepared, I did start it up twice befor and take a ride around my house.. working as new!
But today, my bike wanted to puke out the whole tank to the street!
Stop/start 10 times, theres no idea to ride to the control station!
Total frustration, the bike in to the garage again, open all doors to get rid of all petrol fumes.. and dark thoughts about to scrap my bike and buy my another one that works!!!!!!
In anyway, after some hours.. I wanted to know.. whats the problem, befor I scraped it!
Soo.. out again, start, it runs like new!
So, so, it could be that I and my bike have a lot comon, after a long winter we need a bit of love and attention?
My bike need to flex the float axel and touch the floating valve more regualry!
And I need to ride more often to be a safe biker!

Now to the good news, I would start my bike every day and make sure its runing, and get a new control day!

Zepp

Two of the tricks that helps with carbs are :

1.  Run some "Sea Foam" cleaner in with the gas in the spring to dissolve those gas crystals that form in old gas.

2.  If the float valve has crystals or trash that keeps it from closing the fuel flow , you can remove it easily by :
a.  Remove the fuel line feeding the carb.
b.  Open the drain at the bottom of the fuel bowl and drain the carb.
c.  Find the hose that just drained the bowl.
d.  Give a hardy puff of air into the drain hose (bottom of bowl) to blow any trash-crystals  back up through the floats valve the out of the carb's fuel inlet that you have removed the hose from.   Don't be shy about the hardy part either.  

You know one little crystal will keep the float's needle from closing and cause you a mess of headaches.

Let us know how it turns out !  

Keep in mind that the Carburetor body has a number of tiny passageways that are involved in metering fuel, and if any dirt/grit gets stuck in the passageways then the Carburetor will not function properly.  Upon disassembly and inspection of the carb you will not be able to see a clogged passageway.  The only way to be sure they are clear is to gently run a carb cleaning tool (tiny steel wires made for this) through the passageways, then a squirt of carb cleaner, then a shot of compressed air.  This will insure the passageways are clear and the carb functions properly, assuming everything else functions normally.
The Carburetor tool used is like the torch tip cleaner used in gas welding.  In the US it costs about $10-15.  It is good to have this tool, it’s very handy when needed.

Thank you guys for your suport, I can realy need that!
Soo, I did the moste hard things, drained my tank and carburator.
Draining my tank was simple, I watched the fluids, no strange color, it ran by the reserv of my petcock.. and im now using this petrol in my lawnmover whit no problems.
I couldnt remove the drain screw of the carburator, its a 2000 made bike, watching Clymer and even online shemes, I got a carburator that have the drain screw to the right!
In anyway, i dont care about this drain screw, it have been sitting there for 22 years, I dont like to use a sledge to make it work!
I rather buy my a new carburator befor they stop selling those!

Sooo, its a mystery, its a floating walve problem, on my bike!

Thanks for your support!
I recon that Im getting old, bad eys and not that agile anymore, so I bought a front wheel stand.
I do have impact screwdrivers.. im just hesitate to use them, becuse one can break the lower casing of the carburator, if one use to much force.

Its just this, the petrol was fine, no dirt in it of any kind!

I was in the moment of tupping up newly bought alkylate petrol in the tank to do a new try, then my mother died, so Im not in a mood for doing anything! I was even in a second mood to scrap the bike!

However a bit later I figured out that I want to have a bike anyway, to get out in the summer, to cruise and to visit some bike/motor events.

Its this, my former bike was a Honda CB 650, four carburators, standing in my old garage, where it was cold and wet and it started anyhow, one year I have to buy a new battery!

Soo, now I start wondering about the low milage on my bike, 8500 Km?
Could former owners have the same problem?

Im now in a mood to buy a new carburator!