I have followed the Haynes manual to remove the carbs of my Fireblade but they refuse to move, slight movement but they remain almost solid. apart from removing the clips around the bodys, is there any screws etc holding them on, dont want to damage them with brute force. any suggestions welcome. david

I had exactly the same thing, there are no other screws it's just that they are very tight, I spoke to a friend of mine who has worked on bike engines and he said just slowly prise them off with a large flat-bladed screwdriver so that's what I did and eventually they came off, just work each end at a time and eventually they will start to move.

It's a little worrying at first as you think you are going to break something but I got mine off in the end.

Rich.

yup worked for me to- gentle leverage with a large flat blade screwdriver

re-jetted mine at the weekend (well a mate did while I held the light) and they were tight but got them off with bothe brute force and ignorance :-)
The rubber rings they sit in seemed quite tight.
Good Luck.

Tks all, got a tip from a honda mechanic, pour hot water over rubbers and it helps to soften the rubber and they come of more easily, going to try this tonight. David

A few years ago now but a friend of ours was having problems getting his Fireblade to run properly and after one session of backfiring it refused to go at all. He stripped it to find that the carbs had blown off. His nickname is Tip and that's nearly where the bike went.

yours, Pete.

ref. my query about getting carbs of fireblade, I have now a tip that works a treat. My wife has a steam carpet cleaner and I tooki the nozzle of the brush end and started it up, when it warmed up it produced steam out of the jet. I ran the steam jet around the rubbers on the carbs and they came off by hand. Not rocket science I know but saves any damage to the carbs. etc. Just thought I would pass it on. David