Won't keep running.

[luxor]

I'am a newbie and the site looks great. I have a question about my sister-in-laws GS250T. The bike will start and idle, when the choke is pulled out the engine does respond by increased RPMs. When I try to advance the throttle it dies. I replaces the old gas with new and added some carb cleaner and let it idle for about 15 minutes but still no difference. When twisting the throttle very slowly the idle comes up a bit but then dies if I continue to apply gas. Anyone have any ideas as to what might cause this? Thanks in advance and once again the site looks great.

[luxor]

Just giving it a bump. Does anyone have any idea at all what may cause this condition?

[Nessism]

Just giving it a bump. Does anyone have any idea at all what may cause this condition?

You need to clean the carbs properly - take them apart and soak the bodies in carb dip. Go to the GSR homepage and look up the carb cleaning series - most GS carbs are basically the same so use the tutorial as a guideline.

Good luck.

[luxor]

Thanks Nessism, I'll give that a try.

[Suzuki mad]

Follow the instructions carefully (I know they are in 4's on the instructions and you have a twin) then you will know that the carbs are cleaned correctly and reset. If you skip a bit you will be going them again. I know I did it also.

Suzuki mad

[luxor]

Thanks for the responses and guidance guys. I took the carbs apart and cleaned and reassembled them and now it starts and runs great. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clone]

To avoid the problem in the future, once in the spring and once halfway through the summer run a half can of Seafoam or other fuel system cleaner through a full tank of gas. Cleaner is not a wonderfix, it requires time to work, at least a full tank of fuel with a strong does of cleaner will clear up minor problems