should run in neutral with side stand down On Aug 16, 2013, at 8:43 AM, R. Campbell wrote:
> Side question: How do you have your bike running without being on it? My bike > won't start unless the sidestand is up and will kill the engine if I put the > sidestand down. Do you just lean it against a wall or something? > > On Aug 16, 2013 6:41 AM, "Allen Thomas" <althomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > On cold days I used to: > 1. Start bike > 2. Wait for RPMS to jump up to 3K, and lower choke till it went down to 2k. > 3. Gear up, keeping an eye on the RPMs and adjusting back down to 2k when > needed. > 4. Once choke was about 3/4 off I'd hop on the bike and ride away. > 5. Occasionally pull in the clutch and if it was at around 3K RPM, or was > popping out the exhaust at idle then shut the choke off fully. > > Keep in mind it might actually still stumble a bit if it is cold outside, the > choke doesn't have much of an effect if the throttle butterflies are opened > far because the vacuum lowers. > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Giles Davis <gilesmda...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a theory that 99% of internet questions boil down to "is this > normal?". > > Thanks Allen! I'm going to head out this afternoon and leave my choke on. > I'll report back > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Allen Thomas <althomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Quote: " warm it up, head off, it loses power when you put the throttle on, > then surges, then I'm up and running. Only ever happens in the first minute > or so." "Once engine's been running it goes away. I can stop, do some > shopping, come back and it will be fine." > > That is normal behavior. Leave the choke partially on for a little while > while you're riding. If you turn out the fuel screws a bit then that will be > minimized to only cold days <60 degrees. Due to emissions rules these bikes > are set very lean from the factory. > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Giles Davis <gilesmda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, I'm from the UK and have an '85 CD250 (same engine) that has > exactly the same problem - i.e. warm it up, head off, it loses power when you > put the throttle on, then surges, then I'm up and running. Only ever happens > in the first minute or so. Once engine's been running it goes away. I can > stop, do some shopping, come back and it will be fine. > > If you think your carbs are clean (I cleaned mine in an ultrasonic cleaner > and used a compressor to clean the tubes) I now believe my problem could be > due to the rubber connectors in the system - from the engine to the carbs and > the carbs to the airbox. > > Have a look at the rubber itself, if its perished or degraded and if the > connection between the rubbers (in the airbox too) are rotten. > > I'm planning on fitting cone filters just to see what happens, but it's more > complicated than I thought. > > Just a thought. > > > > On Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:21:23 AM UTC+1, Rachel Campbell wrote: > > From a cold start, I let the bike warm up for a few minutes. Then, when I > take off, after shifting into 2nd, when I roll on the throttle there is like > a dead zone where I get no acceleration; if I roll on a little bit more, then > the bike surges a bit. 3rd to 4th and 4th to 5th, I don't seem to have this > problem. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/OQfYo30iMlk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Giles Davis > 07976 825 702 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/OQfYo30iMlk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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