How can I improve my motorcycle idle?
Start bike, bring to operating temperature. Set idle speed adjusting screw, clockwise to increase rpm, counter-clockwise to decrease rpm. Idle rpm range should be 950 to 1050 rpms. Adjust idle mixture by turning idle mixture screw slowly clockwise until the engine runs poorly.
What causes a motorcycle to stall at idle?
Or, you could have air leaking around the throttle, just enough to lean it out at idle; the mounting boots could be the leak, or diaphragms in the carbs, that kind of thing. Wow, thanks both of you! I will try these things when my mechanic manual comes for this bike, the owners manual is like “here is the start button, a durr.”
Why does my bike die when I give it throttle?
I put fresh gas in it and kicked it over and let it run at idle for about 10 minutes. After I let it warm up, I gave it some throttle and it dies on me. It seems to idle fine but whenever I give it the smallest amount of throttle is dies on me. Any ideas what’s causing it?
What causes the choke out on a motorcycle?
If you are riding with the choke out (more fuel going in), and it is still dying, one of your carbs/injectors is not getting enough fuel. You could be getting back pressure (?) from a plugged pcv (positive crankcase ventilation) valve. Or the fuel may not be getting to/thru the injectors/jets.
What to do when your motorcycle starts stalling?
Now option b) give it more choke, it goes back up to 1,500 rpm which is great and then 10 seconds later it starts sounding like its going to take off (4k rpm atleast) sometimes you can get it to idle at 1.5k for a minute or two, but then it will either start to die, or it will start revving too high.
Or, you could have air leaking around the throttle, just enough to lean it out at idle; the mounting boots could be the leak, or diaphragms in the carbs, that kind of thing. Wow, thanks both of you! I will try these things when my mechanic manual comes for this bike, the owners manual is like “here is the start button, a durr.”
If you are riding with the choke out (more fuel going in), and it is still dying, one of your carbs/injectors is not getting enough fuel. You could be getting back pressure (?) from a plugged pcv (positive crankcase ventilation) valve. Or the fuel may not be getting to/thru the injectors/jets.
Now option b) give it more choke, it goes back up to 1,500 rpm which is great and then 10 seconds later it starts sounding like its going to take off (4k rpm atleast) sometimes you can get it to idle at 1.5k for a minute or two, but then it will either start to die, or it will start revving too high.
Why does my bike stall when I switch gears?
When the bike is actually rolling there doesn’t seem to be too much of a problem, except that it stalls when you switch gears unless you have the choke in a bit (this bike, you can never turn off the choke or it stalls immediately) otherwise the bike stalls even if you are giving it gas.