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Hi, Just putting my vulcan 750 together & getting it running, it seems now that the carbs are constantly flooding resulting in fuel spilling down the engine, also it looks like the carbs are flooding the cylinders because there was an almighty bang from the head, I thought a piston had hit...

I have a 1986, it has been running fine until I let is sit for about 3 weeks due to weather. Started it and got gas/oil out of the ear. Pulled the plugs and sure enough the front cylinder plugs were fouled, I know that its usually a stuck float. So like any good forum lurker I came here to...

I apologize for posting this same issue a second time, but when I got on the site this morning I had trouble finding my original post. OOPS! Plus the thought had occurred to me that maybe a bad vacuum tube to the rear-cylinder carb might have the same effect on the back cylinder that a bad...

The bike ran perfectly last fall. When I got it out for the winter, reinstalled the tank, put a new diaphragm in the fuel tank valve (as I always do: the ethanol ruins it annually). I tried to start it, it runs for about 30 sec. on the front cylinder while the back cylinder floods: after...