I decided that I would do a full strip and prep now and break the motor down later to do rings etc
(now that I was aware that I was the first to do anything on the bike.
On lifting the tank out, It rattled.
upturning it revealed the contents:
Now, even though I'm primed for the fact that things may get weird, this I did not expect.
I took the subframe away to clean and then lifted the carb away to clean out and note jet sizes, which revealed,
I'll let the pics tell the story:
I have no idea where an electical rubber grommet would have been origionally on the bike, if it ever was, or how the hell it got past the air filter carb slide or needle.
I can only imagine it being dropped in during some maintenace, but as I am definately the first to turn a wrench on the bike, the only other way it could get there would be at the factory?.
Haha, I'm curious to see how it goes with both sides of the reeds opening.