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I am curious to see if anyone has kept their carb bone stock for a significant length of time. When I had my TMEC 200, I changed the rear sprocket (the counter-sprocket was already a street-friendly-ish 17 tooth), and kept the carb stock. I rode the bike for about 10k miles without ever touching the carb or the valves. It had suffered a SUV/TMEC accident (I suffered, too) with about 3000 miles, so the last 7000 were miles in which things that were banged up in the accident got worse and worse, and things started falling apart or off. However the engine kept going and going, and will probably still start!

If I purchase a Hawk for commuting, as well as a couple thousand mile detour through Baja with member 'Wolftrax' on his Hawk as he makes his way to Argentina, I would be curious if it is really a bike from a box like my TMEC (changing both sprockets, however, vs. just the rear on the TMEC), or will it need the carb (I already assume the valve job)?