So the family of bikes has grown by another member - an early 90ies Suzuki VX800. It came to me for the right price, the condition looked like it was salvageable and in a positive way it totally exceeded my expectations. (And nearly cost me my left eye.)
This is the corpus delicti and it doesn't look half as filthy as it actually was, when we picked it up. It's a very early (American) S501 model with the narrower cylinder bank, but it looks well maintained and the loom isn't butchered, so hey... not complaining.
Two weeks later, my dad done some proper good cleaning and stripped both airboxes from it. The carb setup on these is pretty unique - a downdraft carb for the front and a normal sidedraft carb for the rear cylinder and as the tank goes down a lot further than the front carb there's a fuel pump under the battery tray.
I am not going to state the obvious by saying the carbs are FILTHY. But... they were filthy to a new level. That's the rear cylinder's float chamber filled with carb cleaner.
Fuel vapours made the slide stick to the carb housing. (It actually ran, when bought... sort of.)
... and that's a new level of crud in a float-chamber for me.
Obviously, some mishaps happened and when tapping the float-pin out, my dear assistant got a bit over-excited and didn't listen to my advise to support the float's post. Some chemical metal and about a week or two of waiting sorted the problem nicely.
As the tank is full of rusty debris, my trusty little scooter aux-tank had to come to the rescue and feed the carbs - and yes, she's running again. The rear carb will need a bit more cleaning. I think there's some sticky residue left on the slide as it's not really very responsive, but other than that...
... next step will be fork seals and brake pads and fluid (and maybe also a set of braided brake hose, because why wouldn't you) and she should be good enough for inspection again.
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