one other thing - if it is running rich, and has been for a while, it's probably been spitting a lot of atomized, unburnt fuel into the pipe. This stuff soaks up into the packing material and can make a big difference how the bike smells, esp while just sitting there like you mention.

If it's an aftermarket pipe where you can pull the baffle out, do it, and see what shape the packing is in. Fire it up with the baffle out, just for shiggles to see what it sounds like, then repack your muffler with some new packing if needed and bolt it back up.

 

Thank you everybody for the tips. it great to know there actually decent people out there willing to give a helping hand to new cyclists

 

Did you get your problem fixed?

 

well heres what i did. i took my tank off the other day to take a look around and when i laid my tank down on the blanket, i noticed gas was spitting out of a nipple from the bottom of the tank.So, i figured "welp, this is obviusly were the smell/or seep is comming from" so i capped the nipple off with a vacuum line-plug ( the autoparts store was out of fuel line so i got the next best thing). also did a oild change and started putting carb cleaner stuff in with my fuel....to clean out my carbs ( it wasnt seafoam, but it was pretty good stuff) and since i capped off that little nipple, it hasnt been reaking of gasoline. my engine has been idling inbetween the 1200+100rpm range ( as stated on the sticker on the frame) but it still idles rough. so what i think happened was (aside the gasoline smell) was the i had cunk and crap built in my carbs. the carb cleaner stuff i put in definitly worked and cleaned all the crap out, but the crap fouled up a plug...witch is why im probably suffering in gasmilage( compared to what others say they get) and having that rough "sparatic" misfire feeling idle going on. so tomarrow since i have my day off from work im gunna drop the radiator and check my plugs to see if I DO have a fouled plug. And if thats not the case, then im just gunna have to take it to my bike mechanic cuz ill be stumped if its not a fouled plug


oh another thing, being that i hopefully have a fouled plug. i dont think it was ingniting all my fuel in the cyclinder, thus unburnt fuel getting into my exhaust which is why ide be smelling it

 

Welp i dove right into the bike today and get this figured our once and for all cuz i cant stand this idling. and what do i find? NOT ONE SINGLE SPARK PLUG WAS TOURQED DOWN!!!!!!!!!! they were just slid down into the sparkplug chamber and probably hand tightend, lol. told you all the previus owner was a 20 year-old , not to electrically inclined... im actually very surprised that ive been able to ride it this long and go as fast as i been going with the plugs being like this....heres a picture of the plugs AFTER i wiped all the oil off of them

 

That's really not that uncommon, the plugs we use have a crush ring that has to be compressed the first time the plugs are installed. An in-experienced person will feel that ring make contact and since they probably aren't using a torque wrench that's where they stop, not knowing that it takes a good 1/2 to 3/4 full turn to seat that ring properly.

You should always use a torque wrench and an anti seize compound on the threads.

 

it doesnt even look like the crushrings....are crushed

 

SEAFOAM cures everything