custom welded pelican racks?

[Michael Greer]

I looked into this at a local fabricator/ welder's shop. He quoted me approximately $480.00 for the work. Once they helped me up off of the floor, I showed him my drawing of what I needed, including a pic of the Happy Trails item, and he was able to come down to about $400.00. My two cents? Go with the SU rack and call it good. I know the Happy Trails folks will stand by their product if (and that's a big IF) something is wrong with it, and they are very nice folks to deal with on the phone. Good Luck! Bear __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[kaloonak]

KLR 650 Carburetor Problem The carburetor overflows with gas as if the shut off valve (float valve) in the carburetor is not working. So far I have thoroughly cleaned the fuel system (tank and carburetor) and replaced the float valve. The float has been visually inspected, there do not appear to be any leaks as no gas is trapped inside. Yet the gas floods the carburetor and flows out the overflow pipe! Any ideas on how to fix this annoying problem will be most appreciated. Thanks, Brent.

[Charles]

> The carburetor overflows with gas as if the shut off valve (float > valve) in the carburetor is not working. > > So far I have thoroughly cleaned the fuel system (tank and carburetor) > and replaced the float valve. The float has been visually inspected, > there do not appear to be any leaks as no gas is trapped inside. Yet > the gas floods the carburetor and flows out the overflow pipe! > Thanks, Brent.

I am NOT a carburetor expert. But, if the floats are not adjusted to the correct position, or if something is bent, the valve may not be closing properly. If the valve doesn't close, the floats can float all they want, and gas will still flow into the bowl. What I have done in the past (again, remember I said I am not an expert), is hold the carb upright with the bowl off, and floats exposed, and with the as line on the carb other end off the tank, naturally. Blow through the (hopefully clean) gas line, and move the floats up and down. If the air flow stops when the floats are up in the correct position, so will gas flow. If it doesn't, you should be able to visually see why the valve isn't closing. At least it worked for me on an XT250 carburetor. Chuck F. NE PA