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    Carb Cleaning

    I watched a video on you tube today where they placed the carb bodies from a honda shadow in boiling water to clean them. Is this for real?
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    #2
    No
    But, water and lemon juice or Simple green or other cleaners is a common usage

    But, why would you look on Youtube when you have a proven method available here?
    1978 GS 1000 (since new)
    1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
    1978 GS 1000 (parts)
    1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
    1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
    1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
    2007 DRz 400S
    1999 ATK 490ES
    1994 DR 350SES

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      #3
      Lemon juice is a bad idea. Yes it will eat the crud out but it will also make the aluminum very dark grey from the chemical reaction of the citric acid. For a 20 dollar bucket of Berrymans at Walmart you good for maybe 10 to 15 full teardowns...so basically 2 dollars a rebuild.
      MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
      1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

      NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


      I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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        #4
        I love it here!

        A friend has a Honda Shadow. I have 2 GS750s, i would never look anyplace else for them! I swear!! When one of the guys in the video said the hot water contracted and as it cooled it expanded forcing its way out i thought it was a joke.

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          #5
          Originally posted by PaulNic View Post
          A friend has a Honda Shadow. I have 2 GS750s, i would never look anyplace else for them! I swear!! When one of the guys in the video said the hot water contracted and as it cooled it expanded forcing its way out i thought it was a joke.
          Only if he flunked physics and chemistry

          Water expands as it gets hot, contracts when it cools, then expands again at 33.2 F
          1978 GS 1000 (since new)
          1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
          1978 GS 1000 (parts)
          1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
          1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
          1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
          2007 DRz 400S
          1999 ATK 490ES
          1994 DR 350SES

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            #6
            Not if you are doing a carb cleaning but it works well to get out the grease if you are going to paint them.
            Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace

            1981 GS550T - My First
            1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
            2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike

            Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
            Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
            and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"

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