New Guy With A Hawk GT

[4g63mightymax]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[4g63mightymax]

Last week my bike was running great. Then it rained for a few days and the bike sat. Sunday I went to go for a ride, and the bike:
1A) Didn't want to start
1B) Once started, wouldn't idle
1C) If I turned the idle up a bit (knob on the carb) it would hunt around to different rpms
1D) Would not run between 3000-5000 rpm. Lower or higher sorta worked, but not great.

Today I took the tank off and found this:


Both pods are cracked at the base, and letting air bypass the filter. So now:
2A) Will this really cause my engine issues?
2B) Has anybody seen this before?
2C) They are about 4 years old - Why did they crack?

Then I decided to start it without the filters for fun. Naturally it wasn't too thrilled about starting so I gave it some throttle. Much to my surprise - gas started pouring out of this hole on both carbs:



3A) Why does the throttle position make that happen?
3B) Is that normal?

Thanks guys!
-Jeremy

[4g63mightymax]

Update: New filters on, but that didn't fix the problem. Turns out that some crap had clogged one of the mixture screws. Either way, running great again!

Now that I have ridden it a few hundred more miles, I am itching for something different. Anybody want to trade me a different cool bike for it?

[jwm2k3]

I might know a guy selling his RC51 Hes not interested in trades though.

[4g63mightymax]

not interested in trades though.

You sure? Everybody looks better on a Hawk. That's what they say at least.