[mickd]

Red one had been farting just off idle, but going like the  beast  at full throttle for while. Removed carbs, dismantled,  cleaned jets & slides, found one that had somehow managed to jump nylon spacer under spring allowing needle jet to jump up very early, fixed that , reassembled. Still farting and occasional backfire.
 
Time for experienced body.
Cam chain stretched-replace, cam chain tensioner broken-replace, all "o"rings in 4 carbs replaced,  bowl gaskets, 4 mixture screws, carbs balanced, 4 cam cap threads heli-coiled,  set valve clearances, 4 plugs, 2 sets of throttle cables (1 as spare-have 4 of these bikes $125 a set), all other gaskets replaced if opened.
Running the quietest & best since I've had her.
Any guesses as to the price ?   

[The Gonz]

That's a lot of work. No idea really but I'll start the bidding at $700.

[Dazzler]

  I'll say a grand! 

[mickd]

I'll give a couple more hints :
Throttle cables x 2 =$250:00
No. 11 washers x 8 @ $8:40 each
Float bowl gasket x 4 @ $10:60 each

I'll put total up tonight.

[mickd]

Add them together gents   
But  it is happy at 20km in top gear or doing its best missile impersonation.
     

[The Gonz]

I was closer than the Taswegian.
What's my prize?

[mickd]

I was closer than the Taswegian.
What's my prize?

??????
700 & 1000 = 1700:00 , $10 shy of the total.

[Dazzler]

I was closer than the Taswegian.
What's my prize?

??????
700 & 1000 = 1700:00 , $10 shy of the total.

Jeepers! I could have bought a usable bike for that.. 

[mickd]

I was closer than the Taswegian.
What's my prize?

??????
700 & 1000 = 1700:00 , $10 shy of the total.

Jeepers! I could have bought a usable bike for that.. 

  I  did Dazz, paid $1600 when I bought it  in 2010   

[Dazzler]

 

[The Gonz]

 

[mickd]

Update No1 Red aka Princess.
After that repair,  when I picked her up, I filled the 22l tank. Only got to ride a few times,  had 1/2 left when Xmas  & the fires hit. Early Feb, I fired her up and couldn't turn choke off. 
(Choke is a plunger on all 4 carbs that move open to allow extra fuel to be sucked in system and close when pushed closed. )
Had to push lever very hard by hand and it ran crap, kept bogging down, wouldn't run. Back to shop, WTF said shop, hmm,  .
Short version: tank full of rust and crap and petrol stunk. PO had cut off the in tank filters and the inline 1 had collapsed filling carbs with basically caustic shit.
Tank also suffered rust attack. I supplied another petcock with good filters, inline 1 replaced, had to wait for new jets as they had shit stuck in them.
 Finally carbs reassembled and fitted and she ran    in the bike shop . 
  cough, splutter, fart, fart, cough , black smoke from pipes  .  Only running on 2&1/2 cylinders.
Multiple tests performed-all good.
Young-ish guy who runs shop says " no one touches this bike, its arse is mine".
He spent many  non- billable hrs on it and changed all o rings in carbs again, basically another rebuild and hey presto,  its alive. He was concerned about rust in tank and wanted to do a tank sealant process on it. He hadn't done one before but was really keen. He took a week to do it being super careful and was  when finished.
The bill was for all the parts and initial labour,  We've bonded, he learnt a new skill and income for his part. I've since placed an order of spare parts for them
all, 2k in 3 days  .
She's been back home for a week.

[The Gonz]

Sure looks pretty.

Lookin sweet Mick

[Hati]

I like me fuel injection

Just saying...

[mickd]

I like me fuel injection

Just saying...

My 07 Bandit has that.
Pretty sure this  shitty batch of juice would have f-ed too.

[Hati]

Pretty sure this  shitty batch of juice would have f-ed too.

Yes, probably, but I was referring to rooting around with seals, o-rings and gaskets for each carby. Last one for me was a '92 VFR 750. Syncing that was a job and a half. Luckily didn't need it often. I now have 2 cylinder bikes (Honda parallel twin and BMW), all injected so other then the odd injector cleaning and aged rubber replacement, there is bugger all to do.

[mickd]

Pretty sure this  shitty batch of juice would have f-ed too.

Yes, probably, but I was referring to rooting around with seals, o-rings and gaskets for each carby. Last one for me was a '92 VFR 750. Syncing that was a job and a half. Luckily didn't need it often. I now have 2 cylinder bikes (Honda parallel twin and BMW), all injected so other then the odd injector cleaning and aged rubber replacement, there is bugger all to do.

In 30 years time it will either be a case of:
Petrol ??, 
OR,
A What !?!?