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Carb Problems! :-(

  • Thread starter Thread starter jakeolsen
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Well I used a little of the dreaded starter fluid, and it started right up. Not only did it start, but after a little warm up I was able to ride it for 45 with no problems. What would this be an indication of? Is it my air/fuel mixture?
 
Maybe your choke is not working, did you clear the choke feed passage in the float bowl itself?
 
No I have not tried this yet. I will do that when I get back from school tonight. I'm guessing this only affects it at idle?
 
Well it turned out that the passages were majorly clogged! For anyone looking for a good wire to fit in the passage, I found that the B string from a set of ernie ball slinkys worked well. :-)

Now I can get it to start right off the first button press with the choke. The problem I have now is that it revvs real high like 3-5k rpm right after starting. If I let off the choke all the way, it will go down to about 900 rpm, and then eventually. If I let the choke down to about 2k, and hold it there, it will warm up and be ok. Once the bike is warmed up, I really have no problems with idle. Idles right at 1100 rpm. IS my fuel/air mixture off you think?
 
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