Hi, I just purchased a 1996 bandit gsf600 this weekend. I'm pretty excited about it, but before I put it on the road it has some serious issues that need to be worked out. It seems there's some sorta fuel mixture/carb problems. It starts with the choke on, and with the choke on it idles like 3,000 rpm. The problem is once you start riding it and it warms up and you turn the choke off, it doesn't want to idle at all. I'll put in the clutch to shift, and it'll just die before I even let teh clutch back out. THen it becomes extremely difficult to start unless I let it sit for a while. Also, when riding it, it sorta cuts out and misses a whole bunch above 5,000 rpm.
I just put new plugs on it and put some fresh gas in it, it had been sitting for a while before I bought it. The guy I bought it off of says it has new coils/wires on it. I'm thinking enough fuel isn't getting to the carbs or mabye floats are sticking, I'm not sure. He said he had the carbs rebuilt last year because he had it sticking on the kickstand all winter and the floats froze that way, but this winter he stood it upright when he stored it.
Anyways, any suggestions would be good. I was kinda curious where the fuel filter is on the bike, is it located in the tank, attatched to the petcock? I was thinking mabye it could be plugged up. Also, I was kinda curious what the idle should be on this bike when warm w/ choke off.
Also, the bike has an aftermarket exhaust and has been fitted with bigger jets. Thanks.