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More than likely caused by ethanol fuel. It loves to gum up the brass parts inside your carb.
unlike the prior owner I put stabile in all my gas cans
looked on ebay and the rebuild kit costs 38 dollars and so does a new aftermarket carb
Minkuni Carb is 125 bucks...I think these are the ones used on the original bikes
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mikuni-Carburetor-YAMAHA-TTR125-TTR-125-Carb-2000-2004-/150844634002?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item231f0a7392&vxp=mtr
aftermarket carb 38
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carb-Yamaha-TTR125-TTR-125-Carburetor-2000-2004-/190695494945?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c66565521&vxp=mtr
should I just buy the aftermarket kit and rebuild the current one as a spare?
is the aftermarket carb junk or will work just as well?