Originally Posted by BigEndBob
Also have a Kawasaki gpz900, when bought it was 15 years old, but Kawasaki still honoured a call back to replace the carbs. with ones with built in hot water circulation to prevent carb icing. Apparently there had been cases or carb. icing, reducng power and locking up the back wheel.
Carb icing was common on many carby motorcycle engines through the end of the last century. My GSX-R-750 WV would do it in the right conditions, for example. Nowadays everything's fuel injected (sadly!), so this isn't an issue.