Thanks for the reply, I'll see if I can scare some up around here. Put fresh gas in and I've ridden about 70kms so far, now it will idle, somewhat roughly at about 500-750, but is still rough at idle and just off idle. But at least now there's an idle! Kind-of.
You need to be setting your "hot" idle a bit higher at 1,050 to 1,150 RPM which is pretty close to the factory specs....
Only when these engine and carbs are very well tuned will they idle well at less than 1,000 RPM.
As to STABIL I use it on a semi regular basis as my bike routinely sits for 4 weeks at a time and when I'm busy with my off-ship life sometimes it will sit for 5 to 10 weeks at a time and I've avoided cleaning my carbs all but once since purchase in 2002