I recently bought a 94 GS500 and am having Carb and tank troubles. HELP ME!!

[Cal76]

I need advice about how to go about fixing my carbs.  The bike sat for two years and the tank is a bit rusted.  The needle on the carbs is stuck.  I bought a 06 set of carbs for a reasonable price and am going to try to make them work on the 94 bike.  Am I going to have to modify my bike to make the 06 carbs work??  How can I get rust out of the fuel tank??  Does anyone have a reasonably priced pair of 94 carbs and/or a fuel tank that will fit the 94 GS500.  I want to get it running and I dont have a fortune to acomplish it. Thank you thank you for any and all help!!!

Calvin Hebb
HEBB_CW@bluefieldstate.edu

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

For the rust, do a search on this forum for "POR" or "kreem" or "red kote", all 3 are tank liners that eliminate the problem of rust. For the carbs, you'll need to get a throttle tube/cable setup from an '01 or later bike, as they use a dual push/pull cable system instead of one cable like on the earlier bikes. I think there's also issues with a TPS or something similar, but I'm not sure, as that was '04+, and mine's an '02.. some of the gurus will chime in.

[blue05twin]

Check Ebay for a cheap set of carbs or maybe the forsale section here.

[scottpA_GS]

 You should be able to fix your carbs fairly cheap. Mine sat for 10 years and I got em cleaned 

As far as the tank... once again mine sat for 10 years FULL of gas  it was NASTY! Anyway... Dont use KREM.. its KRAP  I used it and so far its OK but has came off in big sheets at times and caused some problems.

Anyway...

There are a ton of posts here on the steps to clean and repair your tank and carbs. use the search function to get some ideas and post back with your questions 

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