RickNeal
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Years back, I owned a 2000, Intruder 1500. It broke down and I towed it home. The rear cylinder was full of raw fuel. The o-ring in the carburetor needle/seat insert was bad. Recently, I sold a 2017 Boulevard S40 with 1,500 original miles. The new owner didn’t make it the 60 miles home. The same o-ring was again bad in the Mikuni carb. I just corrected a mechanical problem in a friend’s S40 by replacing the needle/seat o-ring. My mechanic said these o-rings should be changed every two years, and that the wear is from exposure time, not miles. For years, the standard method for seating a needle/seat in a carb was threads and a washer in all bikes and four wheel vehicles. I’ve owned many Suzukis over the years, beginning with a new1966 T20, X6 Hustler. I presently ride a 2013 Boulevard M50. Suzuki makes fine machines. But in my opinion, employing the Mikuni carb with the o-ring type needle/seat was a huge disservice to motorcycle riders. It replaced a time-proven, screw-down needle/seat connection with an unnecessary (and what I consider foreseeable) mechanical flaw.
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