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  1. Carburetors
    subject says it all. it’s a project bike handed to me from a coworker, you can check my intro post from earlier today for all the work done on it. i got a spare carb in the mail today in case mine is junk, and noticed some slight differences i.e. the carb air gates are cracked open. is there...
  2. Carburetors
    Hi, I've owned a 2002 EX500 for around 6 years. Runs great and been very reliable. This winter it sat for about 6-8 weeks in a garage with freezing temps & I came back to a sticky throttle. Aside from that, the bike runs fine. However, I've traced the sticky throttle back to a sticky butterfly...
  3. Troubleshooting
    Yes it's me again. 1998 ninja 500r, carbs cleaned, everything put back where it's supposed to be, added fuel filter, hooked everything up in right spots and now is having issues starting. Once every 3-5 tries she will turn over but only for a second and is at 500-1000 rpms then dies. If I try to...
  4. Carburetors
    I have cleaned hundreds of carbs on dirt bikes mini bikes mowers banshees etc but this will be my first street bike. The float valves are bad after sitting for 6 years (it still ran with the bad gas!). I am looking for a rebuild kit but can only find the kits for the 250…I found YouTube videos...
  5. Carburetors
    I have a 1991 Ex500 that I'm trying to fix up and I'm a newb when it comes to motorcycle work. The emission parts were all removed when I got the bike and I don't intend to put them back on. But I'd really appreciate it if someone could show me a diagram of how everything is supposed to be put...
  6. Troubleshooting
    Not sure to post here in Troubleshooting or in Engines? New to bikes...well as a Rider anyhow. New owner of a 2007 ninja 250 with a little over 17k miles. Trying to get it up & running. Bike has sat for 7 years...pretty basic tasks already preformed on it that needs to be for a bike that has sat...
  7. Troubleshooting
    I have a 2009 ex500 that I recently bought a few months ago. It rode kinda half-heartedly at first and after some seafoam it started to get into the higher RPM range and rode just fine the next couple of times riding it. I just took my permit test and wanted to ride my bike as soon as I passed...
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