whats wrong with her?

mach1 · March 13, 2007, 04:03:27 PM

so i took my bike to work today and she rode good in the morning but when i was going home her idle rpm's when up to 5k so i went to adjust the idle and the knob was all the way out WTF i keep trying all the way home but no change but before that it started to hesitate when i was riding so i switched to reserve and she smoothed out pulled off to get gas then on my way again but rpms still didnt go down so i pulled the choke and realesed it hopeing it was stuck or something and nothing. the only thing i was able to do is burn my dam fingers.

scratch · March 13, 2007, 04:38:50 PM

spray wd40 around the carbs and see what happens if the rpms go down then you know there is an air leak somewhere also check to make sure the vacuum line from the frame mounted petcock is attached to the inside of the left hand carburetor and also make sure that it is connected at the frmae mounted petcock as well hope this helps

mach1 · March 13, 2007, 04:44:41 PM

ok ill check that know thanks scratch

Wrecent_Wryder · March 13, 2007, 05:26:52 PM

H4

Egaeus · March 13, 2007, 05:41:05 PM

Better yet, use starting fluid. Then you don't have WD40 all over your bike.

mach1 · March 13, 2007, 09:22:40 PM

so this is what happened i took the tank off and found the left vent hose from the tank kinked so i fixed that didnt get the tank all the way off cause i had to replace my broken fuel line

so i went to the auto store and replaced both lines so no leaks put it back toghether and she ran good once it got to normal temp the idle rpms went up again. since i really dont have the time or patience to trouble shoot this one im going after work(wed) to ask the guy what he thinks and how much to fix it.

NiceGuysFinishLast · March 13, 2007, 10:10:35 PM

stuck choke?

mach1 · March 14, 2007, 05:44:55 AM

how do i fix a stuck choke?

NiceGuysFinishLast · March 14, 2007, 07:55:37 AM

Unstick it.

Seriously though... look at your choke cable, does it move freely? Look at where it attaches to the carbs, is the mechanism moving when you move your choke cable?

MrDan · March 30, 2007, 10:01:25 AM

Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on March 14, 2007, 07:55:37 AM
Unstick it.

Seriously though... look at your choke cable, does it move freely? Look at where it attaches to the carbs, is the mechanism moving when you move your choke cable?

I'm having a similar problem. It won't idle below 3500 (except for when it's about to stall). I took a look at where the cable attaches on the handle bar and it looks like it might be broken. It's hard to move the choke switch - it seems to be caught on something - but only sometimes. Kind of hard to explain. It looks like the nut that holds the metal housing around the cable has sheared off and moves freely. Can't seem to find it on the bike bandit schematics or I could explain better.

Any thoughts on how to replace the whole thing? Or if that's what's needed in my little hijacked question?

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