[Black_peter]

FYI, Maple Syrup does not make a good fuel stabilizer when one stores the bike for an extended period of time. Did you get that tip from a canuk?

[steves]

FYI, Maple Syrup does not make a good fuel stabilizer when one stores the bike for an extended period of time. Did you get that tip from a canuk?

You said carb cleaning in 2008... I just assumed that meant when you got back to the rat kat...

[Black_peter]

Yes, thats right.. I'm just missing where the maple syrup came in.. Being from Tejas I dropped a few habaneros in the tank...

Thanks for checking though!!

[steves]

Yes, thats right.. I'm just missing where the maple syrup came in.. Being from Tejas I dropped a few habaneros in the tank...

Thanks for checking though!!

Gummy... sticky... maple syrup get it? I'm here all week folks... and remember the 11 o'clock show completely different from the 8 o'clock show...

[mikeyt073]

yeah so i drained out my gas tank and maple syrup came out. An then i adjusted my a/f screw to 3.25 turns put in some new gas and went for a ride. runs better than ever. I guess the last guy must have used it for a stabilizer. who would have thought? i wonder if 3.125 or 3.75 would be bettter than 3.25. Guess ill pull the carbs 3 or 4 more times and find out. Problem solved. Thanks for all (most) of the new posts. Mike Hey by the way how much do you think i could get for a 1997 kat 600 4000 miles with brand new pirelle tires; cleaned; polished and por 15 heat paint full exhaust and a jet kit. excelent condition needs nothing. in RI

[chriskat1100]

Ill give you $400 for it!!!!!

[md86]

However I would put Md in my list of most knowledgeable carb people.

Thanks , buddy . Now if only I could get MINE to run right .......

Lastly I will respectfully disagree with Md on the use of a wire bristle in cleaning carbs.

I like to just yank ONE bristle off the brush , and poke through the holes near the pilot screw and the jets . The one bristle is MUCH smaller than the holes , and risk of marring the metal , I think , is quite low .

[mikeyt073]

well it seems like the kat 600 doesn't have a lot of power. My last bike was a 99 honda cbr 600 f4, and the one before that was a 2002 zx6r. Are all kat 600 this slow or just mine?

[steves]

well it seems like the kat 600 doesn't have a lot of power. My last bike was a 99 honda cbr 600 f4, and the one before that was a 2002 zx6r. Are all kat 600 this slow or just mine?

You are comparing two replica race bikes (fuel injected?) to a carb'd sport touring bike. The Katana is not a faster bike than either of those.

[Black_peter]

Well remember the engine is a 1987 600..
So to compare it to a 99/02 600 ??
Not gonna be favorable..