LOTS of fuel in the case.

[bgrundy]

Remember to drain/clean the airbox as much as you can (looking at the pictures, it looks like you still have a factory airbox, not pods) as it may have fuel in it as well, and if so, check and change the air filter, since once it gets soaked, its performance in passing air goes way down.

Thanks.  The bike had "pods" on when I bought it used, but it ran like crap and while I could get more power with the pods, the ride ability went way down.  When I took the tank off yesterday, I also took the air filter out.  It was clean and dry, and the airbox did not appear to have any fuel in it (or it already evaporated, though I would expect some residue).  I imagine most of the fuel contamination occurred after the bike sat.

It's not TOO hard to remove the carbs and clean them, but is a PIA if you haven't done it before. You may want to consider an inline fuel filter, if you don't have one, since usually needle valves get stuck with something that came down from the tank.

  I put one on my old SV awhile ago.  When I swap the petcock, that would be a good time to do the same here..

Thanks for the responses...

[BANDIT#999]

I had the same problem with my 85 Maxim-X, the vacuum activated petcock had screwd up and would drain through the carbs and into the cases if left sitting too long. So, I put in a manual shut-off but in such a way as to have an anti-theft device for just a few bucks. I routed the fuel lines with the shutoff so that it was under the seat in an out of the way place. Easy for me, but not if you didn't know.
When parking the bike at a race or some other social gathering where it was out of sight for long periods of time I'd shut it off, and short of loading the bike in a trailer it would not run for more than a couple of minutes.
For me, it was a cheap, peace of mind solution to wiring a bike for an alarm or $100.00 plus for a specialty disc lock.