Carburetor Icing

[coolfridge]

I am having a pig of a problem with very cold mornings riding to work, my Suzuki Bandit GSF 600 (1998), after been riding for 5 to 10 minutes the engine will star to feel like you are on 3 cylinders on low speed and low revs, if I increase the speed the engine will pick up, but as I come to crossroads or traffic lights the engine will die on me.
To stop this happening I need to stop and pull the kill switch wait for 1 minute and then the bike will go all day without a problem.
I have heard about icing on the carburetor, I have check and the heaters on the four carburetor and two of the four do not get hot, and maybe this is the problem but I have discovered in the wiring diagram from Haynes that there is something call carburetor thermo switch and I wonder if you could tell me what it is for and how operates, or better still tell me what do I need to do, any help much appreciated.
Thank you

[rider123]

Same here my bandit1200 runs like a piece of shit for a bit with anything under 3 degrees Celcius. ONce the carbs are warm it works great however. This bike is the first I've seen where it runs like shit untill the carbs warm up. I wish I could have ordered the carb heaters as an option as I ride in cold weather alot.

[jwalters]

I know this is a long shot, but you might want to contact:
http://www.banditmania.co.uk/

Since they are a UK dealer, they may be able to get you a replacement carb heater unit for a UK bandit.  I don't know if its possible, but then you could retro fit your bike with the UK carb heater....  Just a thought.

-jesse

[rider123]

See the other carb icing post I've done some research and found some solutions.

http://forums.banditalley.net/viewtopic.php?t=4210

[KX5000]

Ummm.. What's a carb heater???    

[rider123]

That's when you have to pee on your carbs to get home!!