First of all, hot damn, you totally CAN put the side stand down in neutral! This is a life changing discovery. You guys are my heroes.
Second of all, the choke thing. This helped! I started the bike, choke all the way on. After a couple minutes, I went down to 3/4 choke, another couple minutes, then to half choke for another couple minutes. I took off riding with half choke on. Wow! What a difference! I have never had that much power in the low gears. :) However, after riding for 5 miles, I tried to shut the choke off, but it wanted to die, so I kept it on for another 2 miles until I could pull over. I closed the choked and then it died. But, I was able to start it right up without choke. Then when I took off, it did the little dead zone thing from first to 2nd, and then by the next stoplight (about 1 mile later), it took right off and had a steady acceleration all through the gears for the rest of my ride. So, is that what it is then? I just need to warm the engine up a lot? Does that sound normal for a 250 to need choke on for 8+ miles of riding with choke? On Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:54:51 PM UTC-5, nighthawkin wrote: > > i think thats when trying to start it. once started and its running you > can give it throttle with no problem and while riding. what i do is choke > it to start it then after warmed up turn choke off, put in gear then choke > it on again and ride. after a mile or 2 she should be plenty warm enough by > then to not need choke. that is if in fact its just a cold running issue? > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Rachel Campbell > <liket...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> How can I tell how long I should leave the choke on? >> >> Also, during my MSF class they said not to open throttle if choke is >> open. I didn't think to ask why at the time. Is it okay to ride the bike >> with the choke open? How do I know when it would be ready to close it? >> >> Sorry if these seem like basic questions! I'm really new at this. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:44:48 PM UTC-5, Allen wrote: >>> >>> You are definitely turning off the choke too soon if the bike stumbles >>> or dies when you open the throttle. The carbs do sound like they may be >>> dirty though. >>> >> -- >> 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_love...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> nighthaw...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> 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.
