Been away, started bike up today v. problmes

[tunes]

been away from the bike for about two months and came back to her today. Well the battery was dead, so charged it no problems, took a while to start but it finally did, then it would randomly rev up to 3-5k rpms.....what is causing this? it also backfired once.

[SGTJimbo_Kat600]

My guess is bad gas, and the carbs are probably gummed up as well.

[40something]

My guess is bad gas, and the carbs are probably gummed up as well.

+1

[jbo197]

It's carb time ~

[diavolo]

Get some fresh gas in her, and add a bottle of Techron for good measure, before tearing into the carbs - that will help to clean up some of the gum and varnish that might be present.

[tunes]

best way to drain the gas?

[Sundowner]

1) remove Tank from bike
2) Note which hose is the fuel line
3) Place tank on Even surface with petcock hanging free (not sitting on something- so it does not get damaged)
4) Insert a hose (I use a piece of medium sized Aquarium Air line) or place a large bucket under the Petcock
5) Open the Gas Cap
6) Turn Petcock to Prime
7) let the tank drain- this is not drain and forget- I overflowed a 5 gallon Gas Can this way

There ya go.

Assembly is the reverse of above
Make sure you have a can with at least a gallon of fresh gas to replace so the bike will fire- then get it to the gas station

[md86]

Want an easier way ?
Loosen fairing enough to gain access to fuel lines . Remove lines . Attach extra/spare lines , and run 'em to a can . Turn to prime . Go in house & have lunch whilst it drains .
However , once the tank's empty , any crud in the will now be sitting at the bottom just WAITING for fresh gas to be dumped in . Now's a good time to take off the petcock to clean , and rinse out the tank . Which means using the above method posted by Rodimus anyway . But if you're sure there ain't gonna be much crud in the tank and ain't worried about it ......