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Hi all,
More good news about my bike, 1980 GS450L. All back story
I bought it in June with about 25K on the odometer. It ran and drove OK, with the choke half on. First thing I did was replace the tires. They rubbed the front fender and chain guard. I removed the fender and pushed the chain guard in the slightest bit to fix that. The first time I rode it in the rain, it stalled out continuously and killed the battery. I bought a new battery and replaced it, causing a short to burn out to ground wires. I traced those back and replaced, respliced those wires in.)
Now I needed to fix the idling problem that caused the battery to die. First thing I do is replace my spark plugs, that was an improvement. I ordered replacement intake boots and O Rings. I'm waiting for them to arrive. But I look at my carbs and notice there's a bunch of slack on my throttle cable. So today I tighten that up slightly to remove the excess. Then while I'm down there, I see that the idle screw is turned all the way back. So I tighten that in as well.
Long story short, my bike now starts immediately (1 sec crank if that) and idles great with NO CHOKE!!! So, sometimes it is the simple things. Nevertheless I will be replacing the intake manifold and O rings when they arrive.
Thanks to everyone on the board!
More good news about my bike, 1980 GS450L. All back story
I bought it in June with about 25K on the odometer. It ran and drove OK, with the choke half on. First thing I did was replace the tires. They rubbed the front fender and chain guard. I removed the fender and pushed the chain guard in the slightest bit to fix that. The first time I rode it in the rain, it stalled out continuously and killed the battery. I bought a new battery and replaced it, causing a short to burn out to ground wires. I traced those back and replaced, respliced those wires in.) Now I needed to fix the idling problem that caused the battery to die. First thing I do is replace my spark plugs, that was an improvement. I ordered replacement intake boots and O Rings. I'm waiting for them to arrive. But I look at my carbs and notice there's a bunch of slack on my throttle cable. So today I tighten that up slightly to remove the excess. Then while I'm down there, I see that the idle screw is turned all the way back. So I tighten that in as well.
Long story short, my bike now starts immediately (1 sec crank if that) and idles great with NO CHOKE!!! So, sometimes it is the simple things. Nevertheless I will be replacing the intake manifold and O rings when they arrive.
Thanks to everyone on the board!
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