Remove the seat, side panels, air box, filter, rear carb mount bracket, fuel line, throttle cable and choke cable, vent lines, intake boot clamp. Slide carb back and out. Remove the intake boot and check for cracks.

 

Dumb question, but how do the cables come off the carb?

 

The choke cable screws in from the side, a plastic nut with the cable going thru the center. the throttle cable goes in from the top. You can wait and remove that one once the carb is out easier to get at.

 

speeddrive is right check the carb adapter as they crack sometimes causing a lean condition. You can clean the carb with the cables on, this is how i do it.