My bike runs great. Bone stock with the stock rejet. When I fire her up with a little choke and let it warm up maybe a minute, then take off with the choke still one and shut it off after a few blocks, it does fine. Now, if instead I try to fully warm up it, maybe let it idle 3-4 minutes, it tends to stall. For example, tonight I let her idle for a few minutes with the choke on half or so, adjusting the choke to keep it running at 2500 rpm's or so. Then I got on her, lowered the choke as much as I could and clicked it into first gear. Immediately died. Restarted, had to use some choke still, clicked to first gear, immediately died. I did this maybe 5 times. Then I tried giving it more choke or throttle to keep the rpms' up, clicked it to first gear, immediately died. Then I tried clicking into second instead of first, woo, that worked. Then I tried going down to first from second, that worked too. So I went riding.
What's up with that?
I also have issues where I'll try to warm it up idling and try turn the choke off after a minute or two, and it dies. Then I try to restart it. I try the choke in various position but it won't restart. Try it all the way off, no love. Try it all the way on, no love. Try various amounts of choke, no love. Sometimes after a few tries I can find a magic amount of choke to get it started, sometimes not. Usually it works best to give it gas while starting it up, when I do that I can leave the choke all the way off and it fires up and then idles with no choke.
No idea what the deal is. Normal GS cold hearted beast? Something else?
Ok maybe I had a brain fart, seems like the dieing when trying to get into gear last night would almost certainly be the kickstand being not all the way up, or maybe the switch acting up...
The other issue still not sure about though, having to finesse the choke and not wanting to start up again when half warmed up. Seems worst when it's sat for a few days, firing it up again 12 hours or so later I can usually start it with a tiny bit of choke and shut it off almost immediatley. Must be the cold blooded nature, but I can't really figure out why it tends to stall out when warming up and not like to restart.
I was going to say it sounded like a kick-stand issue TOO!!!
That is odd, hmm , cant think what it could be
As it warms up while idling with the choke still on it floods out, mixture becomes too rich and plugs gas foul out. Upon restarting it's a flooded engine your trying to start and holding the throttle wide open with the choke turned off and cranking it will clear it out and dry the plugs when it won't restart.
Same thing when you ride off with the choke still on, if you forget it and come to a stop a few blocks later it will die, floods out from too rich a mixture for a warming engine. A little more experience with choke management usually helps or changing to a bike with FI would solve the problem. :laugh:
I found the 02 GS with 3 circuit carbs to be much better than my 97 GS with 2 circuit carbs in this regard but I never rejetted the 97. I learned to drive in prehistoric times when cars had manual chokes too.
And YES! a normal GS is a cold hearted beast. :thumb: