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When I let the clutch out it stalls

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Please someone help me Ive just striped and cleaned the carbys(twice)and still whenever I let the cluch out no matter what revs it stalls.The clutch seems to be engaging ect.The carbys have been set by the book and tuned and floats set as per manual.:confused:
 
Bypass that pesky clutch safety switch.
 
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Ive tryed to take of in first and second it is a GS1000 82 model Ive tryed the clutch adjustment and as for the switch Ill have to take a look at that but Im shure thats disconected.Ive recentley done a top end rebuild and everything was fine for about a week.It also is fitted with a side car and leading link front end.
 
Ok ... here's a dumb question: "Are you letting the motor warm up before pulling away? Both of my GS's will stall under load until they completely warm up (no LESS than five minutes running). If I MUST pull out immediately I have to keep the motor almost completely choked and keep the revs high in order to prevent a stall. After several minutes warming up the bikes both perform normally.

Good Luck!
 
Steve, that sounds like you've got something up with your bikes. With all my GS's, once I went through the carbs, valves, etc., they required about 1/2-3/4 choke for about twenty seconds, and then would be fine.
 
UncleMike said:
Steve, that sounds like you've got something up with your bikes. With all my GS's, once I went through the carbs, valves, etc., they required about 1/2-3/4 choke for about twenty seconds, and then would be fine.
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Perhaps, Mike, but so far I've met a LOT of other GS owners who's startup routine is identical to mine (and their bikes, like mine, run perfectly after warming up for a few minutes). I figured it was just inherent in the design that the motor needed a few minutes to warm up. In all the years I had my 550L professionally maintained by a dealer as well as the times I did it myself the result has always been exactly the same - very consistent. Since the 1100G behaves exactly the same way I've never had cause to believe I could adjust away what appears to be a normal warm up sequence...

Regards,
 
Weird. But I'm certainly not going to complain about my warm-up procedure. It's choke as long as it takes me to secure my helmet, even in cold weather, and the plugs are tan, tan, tan.
 
Glad it is so seamless for you! I guess I'll have to investigate whether the same is possible for me. :-D:wink:
 
midnightkingkorin said:
Ive recentley done a top end rebuild and everything was fine for about a week.
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There's the clue: Something came un-done since the rebuild. Maybe a head gasket leak or a mis-adjusted valve. Have you verified compression since the problem started occuring?
 
Planecrazy said:
Perhaps, Mike, but so far I've met a LOT of other GS owners who's startup routine is identical to mine (and their bikes, like mine, run perfectly after warming up for a few minutes). I figured it was just inherent in the design that the motor needed a few minutes to warm up. In all the years I had my 550L professionally maintained by a dealer as well as the times I did it myself the result has always been exactly the same - very consistent. Since the 1100G behaves exactly the same way I've never had cause to believe I could adjust away what appears to be a normal warm up sequence...

Regards,
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40-50 degree weather 3/4 choke runs up to 3k rpm's open choke till 1.5k rpm's put on helmet and gloves leave driveway about 1 mile away (3-4 mins) open choke completely (idles a little low) it's fully warm and idles @ 1.1k rpm's somewhere about 5-7 min's, the warmer it gets the quicker to get off the choke. it's been that way for the 2 years i've owned it and it's the nature of my beast.
 
rustybronco said:
40-50 degree weather 3/4 choke runs up to 3k rpm's open choke till 1.5k rpm's put on helmet and gloves leave driveway about 1 mile away (3-4 mins) open choke completely (idles a little low) it's fully warm and idles @ 1.1k rpm's somewhere about 5-7 min's, the warmer it gets the quicker to get off the choke. it's been that way for the 2 years i've owned it and it's the nature of my beast.
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That sounds almost exactly the way both of my GS's have always behaved, regardless of whether they were freshly tuned or in need of a tuneup...

Regards,
 
like nabrams suggested check the valves and compresstion.

and as for the sub post my gs 750 is a dream to start. the bike even done some serious parked time and even then put ckoke on start bike even after the longest parked time 2-3 years it doenst completely turn over 3-4 times befor it starts. now that it is mine (i start it more then my father did) it starts immediately, choke for a min maybe two and good to go. but, i belive that your bike is normale also. just one of those gs things hu?
 
Hi all, it's my first post. Great community here. I just inherited an '81 GS850G from my dad. He was kind enough to crash it before he gave it to me :-) Anyway, this is my first time fixing a bike and I too had a problem with the bike stalling as soon as I was letting the clutch out. It seems the reason was because I had the petcock in the "prime" position. I switched it to "on" and the problem went away. I understand the basic concept of priming, but I'm such a noob I don't know if it should kill the engine when I engage the clutch and try to move. All I can say is that seems to be what "fixed" my problem.
 
Is this what caused you cleaned the carbs? or was it running ok & started this after cleaning the carbs???
 
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