Stalling during first fifteen minutes

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Sarris

Alan; I'm 6'-1", 280 lbs. and only one person has asked me (in jest) if I had another GZ for my other ass cheek.

:lol: :biggrin: :crackup :haha2:




Well........do you ??? :shocked: :roll: :poke2:

[5th_bike]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

Somebody with a tach. has posted a chart on here somewhere.

That was Jaime, here is his table:

[alanmcorcoran]

Thanks for the chart, 5th. I've think it's best to restrain myself (from here on out anyway) to the original topic on this thread so as not to create further unnecessary and unproductive riling.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

NOW......the remaining question IS: Does anybody have a GZ where the idle does NOT vary a lot from cold to hot??

The answer is YES....and now I have one too.

Berryman's B12 Chemtool does wonders......expecially if you run some into the bowl full strength while you are putting a fuel filter into the gas line !!! :shocked:

The result was immediate and dramatic; ran the bike a bit, let it sit for 10 minutes and then drained it out. Now I have B-12 in the gas and it is running MUCH better. Back to 2-1/2 turns on the idle mixture screw and it runs MUCH better when cold, choke or no (choke required for only a few minutes like I remembered from a year ago).

After I get through this tankful with cleaner, I'll try to adjust the mixture screw again but I'm sure that 95% of my problem is solved.

Moral of the story: Use a good carb cleaner at the recommended rate at least twice a year.

First sign that you aren't doing it often enough (or you got some bad gas) is that the idle speed will be slow and erratic......or you have to leave the choke on longer than normal.

[alanmcorcoran]

FYI, not sure if it is related, but on a purely unscientific basis I believe my gas mileage has gone back up. In the early days, I could get to 170-180 before I had to switch to reserve. Then, it dropped down to 140 when I had my stalling issues. I'm not sure what i am back up to, but I was well past 150 when I filled up last (hadn't got to reserve yet...)

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

FYI, not sure if it is related, but on a purely unscientific basis I believe my gas mileage has gone back up.

Not surprising really. You were leaving the choke on LONGER, were you not ??

[alanmcorcoran]

Yeah, on at least partially for about the first ten minutes. Which, on many days, was about how long it took me to get to work.