Quote Originally Posted by icenian View Post
Hmmm, that's fairly bad. When mine got as lowas 180 to reserve (as opposed to about 200) I started looking for what was wrong (never found it though, seemed to recover on its own!)



You could well be right, but I wouldn't assume that. They can seem to be fine, move freely and it's impossible to see what's up - but the bike can still run like a dog. The trouble is to can't test them with everything fully assembled, and clearly it's possible for something that seems fine seize up a bit when put back together. Condition of the plugs is usually a giveaway, in my (limited) experience.
You're right about the plugs. The left ones weren't too bad, but the right ones were really fouled up, which is why i replaced them after the chokes. Just need to get it out on a good run to check the consumtion and to see if the smell of petrol has gone.