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Projectile vomiting! (Extreme carb puking) 2 Years, 2 Months ago  
Rode from the Houston area to Kerrville (about 250mi) a few days ago to ride the 3-sisters in the TX hill country. (AWESOME ride by the way) The weather was mild, about 70 all day. I shut her down when we got to the hotel, checked in, and that's when it happened...

I stood her up off the kickstand and hit the starter. She puked gas so bad that I thought I had a ruptured fuel line. Of course she wouldn't start, so I checked things out and tried again. She puked heavy again. I leaned her back on the stand, cranked a bit more, and no more puking. She fired up after a bit more cranking and ran fine across the parking lot. Shut her sown and cranked her back up a few more times with no problem. Said to myself... "What the hell was that about?!" Rode to dinner later that night... no problem. Rode the 3 sisters the next day (about 230mi of steep hills and tight curves) with no problem. Rode home today, shut her down for a few minutes, and she puked gas again when I tried to start her back up while off the stand. Set her back on the stand and she didn't puke when I cranked her.

I've had the carb puke after shutting down before. I know it's an inherited disease in the R* family. It hasn't happened in a good while and it always happened right after shutting down when hot -- not while cranking and never anywhere near the amount she did to me on these 2 occasions. It was really like gas just pumping out of the air filter as if the float/float needle was hung open, but only when she was standing up straight.

The only thing I've done recently was move the jet needle one clip richer because I felt she was running a bit lean. I have not gone into the bottom of the carb in 6 months or so.

Any ideas?
 
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