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It is intermittent. Mostly out of the right bank of carbs on the right sitting on the bike.

I clicks until pressure is built up. Most of the time just a few clicks. If I have the fuel cut off and have run most of the gas out of the carbs, it will click fairly quickly then stop. The bike does not leak gas when off or when the ignition is on and the fuel pumped primed. Only when the bike is running with the choke off. It seems that with the choke on it does not leak as much, I couldn't really test because the choke spring will not hold the choke open going down the road. The bike did smoke horribly when driving it back from the mechanic, but I am guessing it was just too much gas?

it is the factory pump. How do I adjust pressure?

The floats seem to be a solid black material. The bike is still at the mechanics so I will have to wait until I can get someone with a trailer to help pick it up. I have looked at the write up that Goose did, and it is really helpful but maybe beyond my skill level. If I was fresh into this I would probably jump in head first, but at this stage I am just exhausted playing doctor on this bike. I like to ride and this is my only bike. Motorcycling is a stress relief for me, and I need my medicine :/

I did not split the filter, but the gas coming out was clear and there was only a slight discoloration to the clear filter body.

I have had gas boil in the summer in my gas tank in a previous bike, so I am familiar with that. It just doesn't make since in a carb because of the air mix that should bring down the temp. I have no clue at this point, I threw my hands up after about the 20th time I took the carbs off and on again with the same results.

I don't have any idea why the mechanic did what he did with the heat gun. He is the best BMW mechanic in our area and he works on various different bikes and has been in business for many years. Question for you guys though, what if I adjusted the float bowels lower that factory? Would that possibly help? To address other questions: - Factory fuel pump - Recently replaced fuel filter after the problem started - Bike just turned 30k miles.

Is there anyone that I could just send the carbs to? I want someone recommended from you guys that know what the hell he is doing. I have wasted all of spring on this issue and well over $600 in parts and labor that I will never see again. I want to get this bike fixed and put a big for sale sign on it. It seems most here have had great dependability with your bikes. I have not been so lucky and this has left a very very bad taste in my mouth. I have never had so many issues with a product that I have ever owned! This thing is worse that a damn boat. The first $3000 and this is off to its new owner and I will never own anything with carbs again. EVER!

They are brand new factory Yamaha seats with screens that came with matching needle valves. I purchased them from the local dealership and installed them myself. They were in factory sealed bags and I checked them against the old ones before install and they were identical. I did the install myself on all of the new parts after a thorough cleaning. The only thing not replaced at this point are the needle jets and the rubber piece that they seat in.

Okay, so mechanic is a no go. What can be my problem then? I can't believe the carb could get any cleaner and it has new needle valves and seats. The floats are in good shape and have been adjusted. I live in Birmingham AL. Is there a trusted mechanic anywhere close to me?

I don't know what else to do. My 98 Royal Star keeps pissing gas out of the overflow tubes. I cleaned it, put new jets, new needle valves/seats, and it still pissed gas. I finally got so frustrated that I took it to a local mechanic and he said the floats were way off, charged me $280 and I thought that I was good to go. NOPE!!! I live three and a half miles from his shop. I don't own a trailer and my buddy that does was not available so I rigged a 1L jerry can up thinking that would catch enough gas for 3 1/2 miles. NOPE!! I had to dump the can three times, so that is 1L of fresh out of the pump that day gas per mile! The mechanic has had it for a week and he called me yesterday and said that they had the carb bank on the test bench and hit it with a heat gun and the gas was boiling at 104 degrees, making the floats drop, and pissing gas again. He does not have any solutions. I have no idea where to go from here other than just put the bike up for sale. I WILL loose my ass if I sell this bike not running. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!!

I don't guess there is anyone in my area that would like to supervise my work? All the PBR you can handle! LOL

I went ahead and ordered a new needle valve kit from Boats.net and it should be here soon. I will yank the carbs off (again ) and open it up and just replace it on that carb. I hope that this will fix it for good because those things are expensive ($28 shipped for a small piece of brass?!) and I don't want to have to do the other three if it is not necessary.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll188/joshwilson18/photo3.jpg Its hard to see, but it is the drain hose from the left bank of carbs (sitting on the bike to the left) http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll188/joshwilson18/photo2.jpg http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll188/joshwilson18/photo1.jpg There was a good bit of oil in the back of the air box. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll188/joshwilson18/photo4.jpg Again hard to see, but there is gas sitting on top of the butterfly here, almost a half inch above it. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll188/joshwilson18/photo.jpg I pulled the plug from that cylinder and it was completely wet.

I have a 98 Royal Star that I purchased basically in pieces. I have put it all together myself and had to re jet the carbs because I could not find a replacement exhaust for the 4 into 4 factory pieces and they were not able to be reused because the previous owner had tried to do some "custom" welding which made them useless. Fast forward a year and I have not only purchased the Venture 4 into 2 exhaust but also all of the factory hangers and brackets and most recently, factory hard saddlebags. I had issues with the bike pissing gas out of the right bank of carbs overflow tube, so I tore them down as far as I could and cleaned everything. I then took it to a mechanic that synced them for me ( I feel as if he overcharged a bit at $90 to do it) and the bike has been running really well. After a long ride last weekend, I decided that the BUB's that came with the Venture exhaust was rather loud and I had some Harley Touring pipes laying around and I have seen a great deal of guys here using them, so my dumb ass slaps them on and I take a ride. On the way back I smell gas and look down to see gas POURING out of the drain tube all over the motor. I quickly get back to the house and wipe everything down and figure maybe the Harley pipes in some way were putting to much back pressure on the carbs and reinstall the BUB's. No such luck, now the bike is still pissing gas at an alarming rate and also smoking and has the smell of oil in the exhaust. At this point I have invested so much time, energy, and MONEY I just want to take it to someone and have it fixed. Or maybe just cut my loses and sell the damn thing! I really like the bike when it is running properly. I know that it doesn't have the power of the newer versions, but it seems to go down the road just fine. I do not want to spend some ungodly amount to get this fixed however, as I could have purchased a great running newer bike at this point, so I am reluctant to drop loads of cash on this deal. Yamaha dealer that is local says that they will start at $500 and go from there. The independent that did the sync will prob be the same. Any ideas? Maybe just buy a newer 32mm and do a swap? Am I missing something that it could be? I hate to say it, but my Road King was way more dependable. In the three years I owned it I never did anything but oil and tires for 33K (sold it with 56K) I was hoping that this bike would even be better, but it looks like that will never be the case. I only have 30k on the ODO right now on the Royal Star and the way its going I don't think it will make it to 50k!!