Next mission: draining the float bowl

[tomtom7]

Now that I got my bike running again, I want it to purr. Right now it sputters on occasion, and it stalled on me a couple of times while I was stopped at a light.

I've already put in some carb cleaner in the tank, but it's pretty full (with month old fuel) so I'd like to try draining the float bowl to see what it does. The next mission after this will be to drain the whole tank, if needed.

I'm going to follow the directions that I found from one of Easyrider's posts:

...On the bottom of the carb is a little pipe sticking down (nipple). A the top of it there is a brass screw. If you loosen that brass screw, ...

I'm guessing that the little pipe is the "carburetor overflow hose" found on pg. 216 of the service manual. I'll look for that screw. I'm going to use some old Tupperware to catch the discharge, since I don't have any glass jars lying around. I'll also turn the prime on for a bit after to give it a good flush.

Does everything seem ok with what I'm planning? Any suggestions or warnings would be greatly appreciated. I actually had to google "carburetor" today to figure out where it was on the bike... Thanks in advance for your wisdom!

Tom