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Offline 06 Greyhound

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It's home at long last
« Reply #45 on: January 28, 2007, 03:06:17 PM »
Home again and once again it seems to be running alright.
I took it for a bit of a ride, but at -1c it is just too cold to really get the feel of anything.
Here is the latest story.
"The factory setting for the carbs was too lean, and that is why it stalls at low speed and takes for ever to warm up."

The setting has been advanced about a 1/4 turn from the factory paint mark.  I just don’t know how much sense that makes because I have nothing to compare with, and no idea what warm up time should be in these temps.
I know my last bike was a very cold starting machine and need to run for at least 4 or 5 minutes on almost any day before it would run right.  Today after it's time in the shop and then sitting outside for about an hour, I warmed it up for 4 or 5 minutes while I suited up, and it stalled as soon as I cancelled the choke.  Started it again and rolled it out into the sun for another few minutes and off I went.
So looking at about 6 to 7 minutes warm-up as it is set.
I have no idea if that is good or not.  Suggestions?
I have no problem taking it back to the shop again if none of this makes sense.

Offline Red01

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It's home at long last
« Reply #46 on: January 28, 2007, 03:14:40 PM »
It makes sense that it came from the factory too lean. They all do these days, not just Bandits.

Given the below-freexing temps, 6-7 minutes isn't too bad. See what it does when things get warmer. Mine's usually warm in ~3 minutes in temps a few degrees above freezing.
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Offline JamieK

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« Reply #47 on: January 28, 2007, 03:20:56 PM »
Sounds about right to me...as I said earlier, I don't use the choke. I manually keep the rpms high with the throttle until it will idle on its own.
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