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noob gas smell

This might help understanding the petcock business:

http://www.cycleorings.com/petcock.html

... actually, it needs revision. There is a chance your petcock can leak slowly with no vacuum applied; in fact, I just replaced a petcock on a 7-year-old Suzuki for that very problem.

The way to test is to connect one end of a fuel line to the large fuel tap on the petcock, hold the other end of the fuel line into a gas container and wait a while. Watch for any accumulation of fuel in the container. If there's any at all, your petcock needs rebuilding or (preferably) replacement with OEM.
 
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welp, as I wrote a few posts ago, I made an appointment to have the carbs looked at.

In the meanwhile, I have run a few tankfuls through (about 250 miles) and lo and behold, as the first responders suggested might happen, I'm not seeing any problem any more. I've put more miles on it in two weeks than was put on the rest of 2008.

Maybe I'll delay the shop visit.
 
If your bike is running well, and not leaking gas, then don't mess with those carbs.

I am the first person to tear into a set of malfunctioning carbs (which seems to be the default state of my bike, or at least it was). But when they are working, leave em be. You don't want to end up in a situation where you created a problem where there wasn't one.
 
The gas leak continued, so I took 'er in. Just got it back.

The shop did the predictable things (all with consent, of course):

rebuilt each carb (#2 was leaking pretty heavily)
replaced the fuel lines
replaced the spark plugs (one was uncleanable)
oil change and filter

It cost a bunch but now it's in super running order, so I'm not upset.

It no longer idles around 3-4,000 and it seems to respond very well.

Hopefully I won't need to be back to this part of the forum for a long time, at least not because of running issues with my bike...

:D
 
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