GS500e won't hold an idle...

[Holmes]

Starting to lose my sense of humor with this bike...

Took a short ride to a local shop a few miles out to pick up some new blinkers. On the ride home I began to notice flat spots in the throttle. Bike starts lurching and before I know it I'm in the certain turn lane trying to restart the bike. I let it sit for a few minutes, tried to start the bike with the choke open and had to opt for closing it off. Let the bike rev high for a minute and things seemed to return to normal. Two minutes later I'm at the side of the road again. Same story, except this time I start it up 15 minutes later and the bike won't idle below 3k. I got 30 blocks further when it died on me again. I pushed it home the last mile and a half.

PO had the carbs cleaned and jetted before I bought the bike in June. I've put less than 100 miles on the bike since then.

Anybody have any ideas or just want to buy the stupid thing?

[pkhoff]

Try running with the petcock in the PRI position. If this doesn't help, your carbs could be dirty again, if your gas tank is rusty or has a load of crap from old fuel in it.

[arbakken]

i'll give ya $100 

sounds carb related... does it have a fuel filter?

[Holmes]

Alright, switched the petcock to PRI and it started right up. Didn't get a chance to ride it around.

Does this indicate a specific issue and how should I deal with it?

[The Buddha]

Yea ... bad vacuum line.
Or bad frame petcock.
Cool.
Buddha.