[Honclfibr]

The part about the crud getting into the pilots makes sense now that you explain it, I never thought of that. I don't know enough about carburetor operation to comment on the part about the vacuum slides, so I'll accept it at face value.

I will check the float bowls, and probably end up pulling the carburetors regardless. It looks like a tricky job on the ZX but I've gotta learn to do it. Once I get them off, should be no problem, I rebuilt the carbs on the EX and they ran just great.

I tell ya, I really enjoy riding the ZX6. But every time I need to do work on it, I miss my EX500. Modern inline fours are really a maintenance headache compared to ancient little v-twins...