Choke problem???

[Outlander]

What causes a choke to malfunction, other than your hands not being tight enough?

I put my bike back together today, and found that my choke is not working. Linkage is fine, not binding, and choke rods all engage. I am not sure what else would cause the choke from doing its job.

Any ideas?

Oh, btw, they are BS32SS cv carbs.

[chef1366]

Did you prime the bowls?
What makes you think the choke isn't operating? Pretty simple design.

[SqDancerLynn1]

It's not actually a choke as people think. It is a fuel passage in the carb that richens the fuel mixture. If the tubes that extend into the float bowl are pluged they won't work

[Outlander]

Well, my carbs have all been cleaned, thoroughly. New o-rings, blown out, and over-hauled via the carb rebuild series.

I could not get my bike to start no matter what I did. I had set the petcock to pri, and waited. I checked the fuel bowls for gas, and they were full. So, I pulled up on the knob, hit the starter, and nothing. I pulled a plug, and it was bone dry.

I took a small oil can, filled it with gas, and squirted a bit down a cylinder, and she fired right up. Something isn't right, and I can't figure out how to start my bike without having to pull a plug and squirt gas in it.

Any ideas?

[TheCafeKid]

Did you bench sync your carbs after you put them back together? Im not sure exactly how you do it on the BS carbs, but I am pretty sure that it needs to be done. Check the rebuild tutorial, i think it tells you there. Also, did you set your idle screw when you put them back together? Not assuming you are dumb or anything, but I know I have made these type of mistakes when the feavor of getting the bike going hits...

[Outlander]

Yes, I bench synched the carbs, and I set all idle mixture screws at 3.5 turns. I guess I will wait a little while, go out to the garage with a clear head, and take another look. Sometimes the obvious will elude us when we work to hard on something.

[Outlander]

crushed end on cable toward carbs....

So, after going out today and taking a better look, I see that the bracket that holds the choke cable in place was over-tightened. It actually pinched the cable just enough, where I would see play on the choke rods, but not really enough to fully engage the choke. After fixing this, I attempted to start my bike. Sure ****, she fired right up. Revved up to 2500 rpms, stayed there, but I could here a miss. I let her warm up, took her around the block, still had that slight bog, or hesitation when accelerating, and back to the garage I went.

Plug pulls revealed, banks 1-3 normal, bank 4 rich as all get out. All mixture screws were set equal. Since turning them in would lean her out, I turned the screw all the way in, and then backed it out 2 1/2 instead of the 3 1/2. She seemed to settle down, and I have a good constant idle. No hesitation when I hit the throttle, responds beautifully, and I am sure if I took her out for a quick ride, the power would be back.

I was almost contemplating dropping my main needle jet down a notch to see if that would help, or go with a slightly hotter plug, which I would rather not do.

I will see if I can get some pics posted of my bike. She aint much, but she is paid for ;-)