Thanks for the welcome. I looked at the floats when I cleaned up the carb and they seemed ok. I can pull them back out though and toss them in a bowl of warm water. As I said, I'm not new to mechanicing but these motorbikes are different machines than the cars, trucks and aircraft that I'm used to. The next major investment will be new tires. The front one is in rough shape (warn and cracking.) Already got a finger shaking from a friend of mine who is a long time biker and wants to make sure I get new tires.