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Welcome to the forum Tom.

Congratulations. Now ride the wheels off it.

Without looking at it or tearing it apart I would venture to guess that your #3 carb has a sticking float needle. It might have a small piece of debris holding it open and this allows fuel to constantly flow into the carb. When the float bowl gets full it pushes out of the carb. What you're seeing is a result of that.

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Read this one too: http://www.zx6e.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=16518 It is very clear on how to do the carbs.

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The only way it would require new carbs is if the screwed up by drilling too deep or got off the brass screw. If they don't feel comfortable offering the service then they shouldn't be offering it. It doesn't take a NASA engineer to drill a mixture screw but you have to know what you're doing. I have no idea why they did this. Like was stated previously you have 1 carb per cylinder and they don't cross flow to adjacent cylinders. Clearly you didn't have a NASA engineer working on your bike. When carb jets are dirty or clogged they simply need cleaned and nothing more. You can replace them with new ones but that would be the same as replacing your car windows because you can't see out of them due to them being dirty. Remeber though, if the jet is dirty then you have to assumethe entire passageway the fuel flows through is dirty as well and you have to clean the whole thing or you'll be back at the same problem. All carbs work by the same principles so every bit of kowledge of ZX6R carbs is transferrable to GSXR carbs. The following link will explain in detail how to clean carbs: http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159718

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Thanks. Love the new avatar.

After I got the GSXR together I started tinkering with the Cruising Missile. I rerouted and remade the fuel return lines thinking I had a restriction in them. I was right and wrong. It had nothing to do with the fuel lines. The check valve inside the tank for the return line was sticking and only popped open around 90 psi. There's the problem! i pulled it out of the tank and put it in my ultrasonic cleaner for 10 minutes and the problem is gone. That's all the farther I got tonight. More to come tomorrow.

Normally I'd be knee deep in my 12 right now, since this is my weekend, but I'm replacing a head gasket on a friend's 87 GSXR 1100. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow I'll have progress to report on my 12.

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I used to work at Comp part time back in the 90's. I did it for the discount. When I started there it was still owned by the guy who started the place in his garage in 1973 (Warren Bales) and then after it was sold the first time I worked for the next owner for a couple years. There was a person in management there that I did not care for at all. I like and respect honest people, not tools who will lie to your face, know that you know they're lying to you and still do it with all the gusto of a used car salesman trying to convince you that he's your best friend in the entire world and only wants what's best for you. That was this guy, in my opinion. I'm not there anymore and neither is he. I have stopped in there a couple times but I have strong relationships at other dealerships and I spend my money at those places. I have no issue with Comp or anyone that works there now as my experience was more than ten years ago.

When I first read the title and subject for this thread I was in disagreement with even having the topic discussed because many bikes that some people think are ugly are beautiful to their owners. But then Desmo Brian brought up the argument stopper for me: I have to agree with this. I loved the first generation Speed Triple in fireball orange: http://www.triumphrat.net/attachments/t3-sport-touring-forum/47115d1332214592-rear-brake-line-length-new-cans-speed-triple-001.jpg When they did the dual headlights the romance was over.

Browsing Ebay I discover this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/kawasaki-zx-12r-turbo-500-bhp-world-record-holder-dragbike-streetbike-/271194854932?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3f24791614#ht_538wt_962 I like it.

I will be there this year, but not this weekend. I don't want to be distracted from the Cruising Missile project. Once I have that done then I'll venture out on weekends.

Website: http://www.ecta-lsr.com/

Just wanted to point out that the Ohio Mile starts it's schedule this weekend. Event Schedule For 2013 The Ohio Mile Located at Airborne Park, southeast side of the town of Wilmington, Ohio just off Interstate 71 midway between Cincinnati and Columbus. Track entrance is off of Airborne Road. An address to use for your GPS is 2870 Old State Road 73. This is a business across the street from the entrance of the track. Racing dates for the 2013 season for the Ohio Mile. April 27-28 June 8-9 July 6-7 Sept 28-29 Spectators $10 a day or $15 for the weekend. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs. We broadcast the speeds on CB Channel 1. Cars and Bikes compete at all events. – The Hot Rod Magazine Top Speed Challenge will be held at the April meet. For detail on past years' rules, look here. Note that the current rules for the HRM Challenge have not been announced, so check Hot Rod Magazine's upcoming issues or check back here for more detail when the rules are announced. – The Motorcycle Top Speed Shootout will be held at the September meet. For details, look here Daily Schedule: Friday: Gates open at 8:00AM 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM – Track setup (welcome to anyone who wants to volunteer) 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM – Registration Noon until 4:00 PM – Vehicle inspections (on a limited basis as inspectors are available) 4:30 PM – Rookie Orientation * Gates open at 6:00PM Saturday: Gates open at 6:00AM 8:00 AM – Registration – Vehicle inspections 8:30 AM – Drivers’ Meeting 9:00 AM – First vehicle on course 11:30 AM – Lunch Break 11:30 AM – Rookie Orientation * 12:00 PM – Resume Racing 6:00 PM - End Saturday Racing Gates open at 8:00PM Sunday: Gates open at 6:00AM 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM – Racing Gates open at 6:00PM * Mandatory attendance at Rookie Orientation for all competitors

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Thanks. I've found the pump I will replace this one with if I need to. I did some more research and troubleshooting on the bike and I found a couple things I want to investigate further before I commit to buying another pump. It's possible I have 2 seperate issues going on. The first one (the exhaust being wet with fuel because it's so rich) could be caused by the TPS sensor being out of adjustment or just plain bad. I'll adjust it and see if that improves and replace if necessary. The second one (excessive fuel pressure) could be the fuel pressure regulator having issues. On my bike I went a slightly cheap route. I left the stock fpr in place and piggybacked the new one into the system behind it. This can work and in itself isn't an issue. If the original FPR died on me then it can be forcing the high pressure that I can't adjust down with the new FPR. So I'm going to pull the original out of the system and see what happens. I should have done it that way to begin with but ,like everyone else, I'm on a budget and tried to save money where I could and I didn't want to pony up cash for the new fitting in the throttle body. I If these things don't fix the issue then I'll go back to the fuel pump.

Congrats! That's awesome.

The Missile runs! That's the great news. I also have some not so good news. I have a fueling issue. Too much fuel is the problem. I want to be at 42psi at idle but the pump is pushing 90+psi. That's a major problem. I've adjusted the fpr as low as it will go and I still have ridiculous pressure. I believe the issue To be the fuel pump. There's too much volume at too high a pressure for the diameter of the return line to be able to handle. I'm currently shopping for a lower output Walbro pump to replace this one. On the forward progress side of things I got the air shifter all done, the scavenge pump is wired into the fuel pump circuit and the air compressor wired in. The scavenge pump is wired into the fuel pump circuit so that it only comes on when the fuel pump is running. This assumes that if the fuel pump is running then the engine is running and therefore the scavenge pump needs to be running. It also means the tipover switch will shut it down when it shuts down the fuel pump in case it's tripped. This way I'm not dumping fuel or oil if the bike goes down. I'm big on passive safety measures if there's the possibility of open flame at or near nut level.

No. Unfortunately. I did get to hear it run for the first time though. That gave me wood! I have some minor issues I need to iron out but it will be done soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c That is all.

Congrats on getting it fixed!