So this is my rant. Hope I dont offend anyone, but I just want to be assured that I'm not the only one who has been through this! I need sheetrock repair in my garage now...

Let me tell a little history about my ordeal. I get my F3 a couple months ago, on its last leg, barely running. Never worked on carbs before, and I found out they were my problem. So i spent a whole weekend getting them off the bike, and cleaning them from head to toe. Started it up, ran alright, not 100%. I searched and searched this forum then found that hey... the previous owner had installed F2 carbs on my bike. Why? I have no clue. So therefore I had no throttle posistion sensor. Skip ahead a couple... ok many... weeks (because the seller lost them in the warehouse for 1 month) and my "good, working F3 carbs" off of ebay come to my door, as well as my Jetkit. I inspect the carbs and find that I have a broken fuel input nipple. Great. So I rip the carbs completely apart from each other, rape the nipple off my old F2 carbs and put them on this new set. I then go to install my jetkit a week later, and when i removed the float bowls.... this white powder flew out everywhere. It looked like these "good, working F3 carbs" (as so the eBay title said) had been sitting on a shelf, outside in a junkyard, for about 10 years. I couldnt even see some of the jets because it had so much buildup of this... gunk... or wtf ever it was. As i go to start taking them out to clean / install jet kit, I break 2 jets on the very first carb. They were so locked into their threads that they just flat out broke. So after throwing a couple tools into the wall, I called it quits on this second set of carbs, deeming them non-repairable because they are so fuct.

Its like I cant catch a break on this damn bike. And this was my first problem that I was tackling was the carbs. I still have 0 fairings, bald front and rear tires, parts zip-tied and dangling everywhere. So $1,000 for the bike, and about $500 dollars in parts later... the bike is sitting in the same spot as it was when I got it about 3 months ago.

I think Im starting to learn my lesson on "you get what you pay for".....

 

sorry man.. im prayin for ya

 

throw your carbs in carb cleaner for a week. it will give it time for the cleaner to work into everything. then get a easyout broken bolt/screw remover to get out your broken jets. And a plus to letting them sit in cleaner for a week you will have time to cool your head and stop throwing tools through your drywall.lol

 

I feel ya. Every time I fix something on Rain, I find something new.

• Raising the forks: discover the axle spacers are so wrong the fron wheel locks up.
• Raising the rear: discover broken bolt on the rear brake caliper holder.
• Cleaning the carbs: discover DIA ram jets super glued on (and really hated me pulling off the air box.
• Cleaned carbs: needs new spark plugs
• Installing the alarm: discover a massively spliced and electrical taped wire harness

And when I think she's finally ready to ride to work: Flat front tire

I haven't even gotten to the really fun DIY job: painting

 

thanks guys. that made me smile. i went and dug the F3 carbs out of the drywall and put them in the trash where they properly belong. onto set number 3 now.

 

Trust me: frustration is being stuck because you can't find anyone that'll change a motorcycle tire without an appointment till Tuesday and just having received your full license!

Was so looking forward to riding tonight when the traffic is light with my LEDs going

 

Not clear on whether you got it sorted, but I ended up with a set of carbs of ebay, they work, just didn't end up needing them, you can have them for shipping if you need em.