I'm in Vancouver Canada, our temperature has been around 55 - 60. Morning and evening its probably 40 degrees or so. Charles Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
-----Original Message----- From: Graham Rogers <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:54:12 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] starting problems I agree Javier. I can let my 750 warm up for 10 - 15 mins and then still have to choke it for 2 - 3 miles. By then I'm frozen and need to warm up for 2 - 3 days, Graham On Feb 17, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Javier Garcia wrote: > I don't think 6 min is enough time, at least to see it as an isue. > When it is really cold (say below 30's), my 750 can take easily 15 min > to warm up. Most of the past mornings i had to drive with a bit of > choke to prevent stalling. How cold it was when you said stalled after > 6 min? > > Javier > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You said you idle 1000 rpm. I idle mine at about 1200 rpm cold and >> it climes to about 1300 to 1400 after warm up. >> >> >> >> rodhall >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 12:54 pm >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] starting problems >> >> If the seafoam doesn't work, I'd clean the carbs. My 650 and 750 >> both take about thee miles to warm up. The longer I let it warm >> up before riding, the better - sometimes longer than 6 minutes. >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Thanks Dennis and Graham. It stayed on after 2 tries this morning >> with minimal and no throttle - full choke. I let her warm up a >> couple minutes and she ran fine. >> >> After about 6 mins I had my second red light and with no choke or >> throttle she stalled. The idle just kept going lower and lower.... >> As usual the warm restart was just one push of the button and I >> made sure to give a little gas at idle for the rest of my commute. >> >> Perhaps this Seafoam everyone talks about will help. >> >> Charles >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> >> >> >> >> From: Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> >> >> >> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:59:37 -0800 (PST) >> >> >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] starting problems >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> They have an accelerator pump. Every time you do, you spray gas >> in. Not a great idea. Choke is better. Unless I knew they were >> done recently, I'd clean the carbs just for piece of mind. Maybe >> run some Seafoam through it instead. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 12:54:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] starting problems >> >> Thanks for your help. Do you have any ideas why I'd need to >> repeatedly and quickly roll throttle on and off? >> Charles >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> >> >> >> >> From: Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> >> >> >> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:36:52 -0800 (PST) >> >> >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] starting problems >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Other than a warm restart, you don't have a problem. Change in >> light output ? yes, they do. >> I will not ride a bike out into the street that's engine is not >> hot to the touch. I don't need a stall when an SUV with some >> dimwit talking on a cell phone is bearing down on me. Each bike is >> different, you'll have to find out what yours likes to start every >> time. Above 60 degrees, mine start without choke or throttle, hot >> or cold. Try some choke, no choke, light throttle, whatever. Pose >> this question to AHM and they would answer that starting is an >> individual situation and give suggestions (as I did) and disregard >> any transitional conditions. They will address only problems that >> occur at full operating temperature. In other words, warm-up takes >> how long ? Deal with it, it's a temporary situation. 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