Quote Originally Posted by JamieKerr View Post
The bike is a 1975 with only 17,000 miles on it. The man I purchased it from was the second owner, and said he only rode it a few times. He seemed to know very little about motorcycles in general, so I believe him. My guess is that it sat in his garage since the day he bought it. I scrubbed the floats heavily, and they look 100% better now. This may sound stupid, but is there a way to check to see if the floats...float? The needles looked absolutely fantastic, believe it or not!
I am not aware of anyway to check the float level when in the bowl. Best bet is to give a visual inspection of the floats for any cracks or voids. I assume you have the plastic solid type of float, if so, you might want to replace them just to be sure since they had so much sediment on them. Otherwise, set the float levels by the measurement given and hope for the best. Don't forget to Synchronize the carbs when you reassemble them onto the complete engine.

I used to have a 750 Kawasaki, two cylinder. Still have the tools and carb synchronizing pressure gages if you want them pm me.