Quick question about warming up

[rayshon]

So when I start up my GS cold (cold as in it has not ran for 12+ hours), I first turn the choke fully on and I press the starter button and it starts up, but I have to give it a little gas for half a second other wise it will stall. After that half second or so, it'll choke idle on it's own, then after a minute I can turn the choke off and it idles fine.

Is that normal to have to give it a tiny bit of gas at first so it won't stall? When you guys start your bikes cold with choke on, do you have to give it gas at all or can you just tap the starter button?

[codajastal]

Giving it a little gas is fine

[slipperymongoose]

Yeah you wont kill it. I always give mine a small blip on startup

[Kijona]

What does the bike idle at after you've been riding (fully warmed up, in other words).

Manual calls for 1200RPM but I've found my bikes to be happier at around 1500.

[Bullfrog]

choke fully on and my bike will start on tapping the button. no extra gas

[mister]

All gs' start a little different. Some need a small radio of gas, others work better on half choke, others no blip but full choke. The small blip you give it's fine.

Michael

[Cal Price]

You are doing OK, a little gas is fine, then let it run for a while at about 3k before taking off the choke, it should run somewhere between 1000 and 1500revs, make sure it responds instantly to any throttle before you ride off.

[SS Adrenaline]

If it bogs down when you give it throttle it needs to warm up some more.  Every Engine is different and we all need to learn what your bike likes best.  Mine starts with choke and without throttle but it is hard to bring the idle down using the choke until its really warmed up.  Mine is to lean though and I will change it once I get the jets.  Then I will have to learn the warm up procedure again.

[dropitlow88]

mine fires off instantly, no choke, and idles at 1200. must have been rejetted by PO

[SAFE-T]

Thank goodness my wife now has an FI bike with an automatic choke. She was continously flooding the bike and fouling the spark plugs by using the choke and throttle together on her GS500. For those of whose bikes won't start without throttle, check your spark plugs ~ they are probably black as charcoal. Clean them off or get new plugs and try starting the bike properly. 

[SAFE-T]

She used to do the same thing in her fuel-injected car as well and always wondered why it was so hard to start LOL. Strangely, I never had a problem with it.

[rayshon]

thanks for the response guys.

it idles at 4k with choke fully on, and once it's warm it sort of changes between 1.3k-1.5k at times.

SAFE, it fires up instantly, it's just that if I don't give it a tiny bit of gas it'll stall right after before the choke gets a chance to "catch" the idle level

[mister]

thanks for the response guys.

it idles at 4k with choke fully on, and once it's warm it sort of changes between 1.3k-1.5k at times.

Sounds fine.

Now go ride it 

Michael