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ZoomSplat · 05-15-2008

She ran great for the first 5 months, a little dirty on start but otherwise nothing notable.

It probably is a carbeurator or other clog problem. This started after I left her parked for 10 days. She was super slow to warm up (which I expected) ran fine for about 15-20 miles and then began to stall out and started and ran if I had the choke released. She also didn't rev over about 3 rpm consistently in second or third, usually low on the rpm no matter how far I opened the throttle. Idle in first was fine. I find it plausible some particulate settled while I was away and clogged a fuel line or something when I got back.

I have to change out the battery too. It's original to the bike and now 5 years old. It's harder to restart the stalled bike when the battery won't hold charge...

05-15-2008	#7 (permalink)
ZoomSplat Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 11	She ran great for the first 5 months, a little dirty on start but otherwise nothing notable. It probably is a carbeurator or other clog problem. This started after I left her parked for 10 days. She was super slow to warm up (which I expected) ran fine for about 15-20 miles and then began to stall out and started and ran if I had the choke released. She also didn't rev over about 3 rpm consistently in second or third, usually low on the rpm no matter how far I opened the throttle. Idle in first was fine. I find it plausible some particulate settled while I was away and clogged a fuel line or something when I got back. I have to change out the battery too. It's original to the bike and now 5 years old. It's harder to restart the stalled bike when the battery won't hold charge... __________________ I don't want to live forever.