Gas, gas and more gas

So my carburetors are all done! They look beautiful and I put them on my bike yesterday.
Sadly, as soon as I tried to start them up, gas began pouring out. I didn't cry, but I was disappointed. I've read that sometimes the floats get stuck inside the carb bodies and cause the gas to leak, which may be the case for me since all the gas is coming out of the airbox.
Anyway, I'm about to go out and give the carbs a good whack and see if that loosens up the insides. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
But the delays are making it less and less likely that I can actually ride my bike down to California like I'd hoped. Oh well.
We'll see what the day brings.