VT 500 Ascot? (and a possible package deal)

Got the fairing and bodywork back from the painter. He buffed out the original paint and color matched the fairing. Looks really nice, I think.
The petcock is leaking behind the selector lever, but only when in ON or RES, not on OFF. It's a riveted type and I don't know if they're rebuildable or not. Also, while the bike ran great on the IV bottle, I think the slow jet in the rear carb is now plugged. Doesn't want to run on that cylinder at idle and there's a big surge of power when I get above the pilot jet circuit. Guess I'll be tearing this thing back down to remove/rebuild/replace the petcock and clean the carbs one more time.....GRRR!






 
Yeah man, that thing is way to cool. Props for making a v twin ascot awesome

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GoldWing riveted petcocks are rebuildable. Looks like Ascots are too: http://chuck.kichline.com/ascot/petcock/default.htm I rebuilt one for my GL1000 and it seems fine now.

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pidjones said:
GoldWing riveted petcocks are rebuildable. Looks like Ascots are too: http://chuck.kichline.com/ascot/petcock/default.htm I rebuilt one for my GL1000 and it seems fine now.

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Seems that a few of the Ascot guys are using replacement petcocks. Super cheap, but you lose the vacuum operation. I have no problem with that.
I'm going to replace the petcock, clean/flush the tank one more time and try running some Seafoam through the carbs. Might get lucky on the rear carb and that's way easier then pulling the carbs again.
 
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