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Would my number 2 carb being out of sync cause it to just flood fuel into the cylinder?

No but a malfunctioning vacum petcock would.

Or perhaps a float needle not properly seating.

The petcock is ok. I mean during riding. Ya see I pulled of my head and on no.2 that wasnt firing there was this long clean stripe where I see the fuel and carb cleaner has cleaned that part in the valve area. I took apart my carbs last night and cleaned them and 2 was out of sync a bit so I fixed that. I cleaned my carbs in the whole bottle of carb cleaner (gumout) and itworks really well and it has this lubricating quality to it so when I was putting the carb slides back in, they went in without a hitch.I have pics to show

my carbs

Also to WG, my main jets do have the number 56 on them. They have the R, the square, then on the other side it just says 56. Itried taking a pic of it but its to small.

As long as you already have the carbs all ripped apart anyway check to see that your petcock is shutting off. You have a vacum petcock so without the engine running with it either in the reserve or on position no gas should flow out of it.

I have also had good luck with using Mothers mag polish on the end of a Q-tip to clean up any residial crud that may be in the brass part of the needle and seat. Just dip the Q-tip in Mothers and spin it around in the seat area till the brass gets nice and shiney.

I hear ya

Just seeing PICTURES of all those little parts makes me start squinting..I getting to that age where my arms need to be longer......

the pic used to be like 10 times the size of that one but i had to reduce the kbs. Hows your bike running? If good, good for you, my head is off right now and my parts were delivered yesterday but i wasn't home to get them , so I have a long wait till tuesday.

Today we had unusually warm weather..middle 60s. I rode about 100 miles today. Mostly on the KZ but some on the Virago too. It was wonderful therapy for my mind. Installed a pigtail for a Battery Minder on the KZ so I can keep it charged.

Cool!