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does it have Mikuni carburetors on it?????

Yup Mikuni. Oh I have already cleaned the carbs. The bike was not warmed up when it stalled. just running with whatever fuel was in the carb bowls. (still have fitted the gas-tank back on).

So I guess thats why it stalled. Thx.

there is a place in them carbs that everyone misses cleaning.if it still wont run without choke on when you get tank back on post again and i will tell you where it is.

Whts that?... I did get it running BTW need a new throttle cable tho. While cleaning the carbs, I sprayed carb cleaner down every orifice I found, finished off two whole cans of carb cleaner.

So where is this g-spot on the carbs anyway??

it is in the float bowl--there is a hole in the top of the bowl where the gasket surface is--there is a long pipe in the carb. body that fits in this hole--that pipe is your idle circuit--at the bottom of the hole there is a tiny hole that lets gas in from the float bowl to fill up the hole where the pipe goes--this tiny hole is at an angle--if it has ever set with gas in it for long periods the tiny hole will be stopped up--carb cleaner wont unstop it--if you pull carbs again take a small drill bit and run it by hand down where the pipe goes to get crud out--then pull a wire out of a wire brush and dig the crud out of the tiny hole from inside the bowl--when you think it is clean take an eyedropper and fill up hole where pipe goes with water--if it is clean water will run into bowl--then fill bowl with water and see if it fills up hole where pipe goes--when it will fill the big hole you can idle.

Thx Dr Bob. I will check it out again just to make sure!!

what year is the xs400??