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These carbs can be tempremental at times. They can start overflowing for no apparent reason at all, however , from my experience, it only requires a tiny spec of dirt to get stuck in the float chamber to cause the carbs to overflow. I`ve had it happen to me on several occasions until I put an inline fuel filter just after the fuel on/off tap. Problem solved. However, if you are not mechanically minded, dont even attempt to remove the carbs, as it a nightmare of a job. Basically the fuel tank has to come off, then remove the saddle completely ,as it gets in the way. Remove the airfilter and the housing , not forgetting to unscrew the clamps that hold the air filter inlet pipes to the carbs. Remove the battery and now the fun begins. You will learn a whole new vocabulary in swearing that you never knew before, and apart from a few pieces of skin removed from the knuckles, eventually you will find the knack of getting the battery holder out and back in - if you have to do it often enough. Remove both cables to the carbs, and do not alter the spring tension on the return side. Once everything has been removed, all four carbs will come off as one assembly ( make sure you have drained the fuel out of the float chambers before you pull eveything off ). place carbs on a clean surface upside down, and remove the screws that hold the four bowls in place. You might be surprised at the amount of dirt that is lying at the bottom of the bowl. Clean everything thoroughly, and using a compressor blow throught the jets to dislodge any dirt. Dont remove the jets as they can be a right pain to get back in . Once everything is clean and you are satisified that its now OK to reassemble, the process is the reverse of dismantling. The tricky part is getting the carbs to go back into the same place that they came out of on the inlet manifold side. Ther should be telltale signs of where they were seated. Connect up the the two throttle cables - make sure you mark which one is the "open" and which one is the "return" cable. Can be a bit of a bugger to have to dismantle everything only to find you have connected the cables the wrong way round. Then have fun getting the battery holder back in place. After all that, everything goes back quite easily. Assuming you haven`t touched the mixture screws underneath, and you have not altered the butterfly openings, replace the tank, and if possible fill with fresh fuel. Give it a couple of minutes , and bingo she should start immediately.Otherwise if all else fails take it to a reputable bike mechanic who knows how to work on these four carbs ,and then get them syncronised, and the idle mixures set. She should be good to go after that, and 99.99% of your overflowing problems will be a thing of the past.
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