klr stalled and can't start up!

[tilster187]

Hey, has anyone ever had their spokes trued on their bike? I took a screwdriver to mine today and got quite a range of sounds. I'm not sure if this greatly effects handling...

[oldrider25]

And the cause is.....[Drum roll, please] Tight valves. I guess things got to the tipping point. Thanks for all y'alls help. John

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "oldrider25" wrote: > > Thanks, Jeff. > > I'll pull the float bowl this weekend. There goes my ride out to the > desert... > > Yeah, I got the bike started tonight. It ran well as I warmed it up > in neutral and ran it at about 3,000 rpms and blipped the throttle. > Happy it passed that minor test, I rode around trying to simulate the > conditions this morning: 3,000-4000 rpms steady in 2nd gear for 1/4 > mile or so, then off the throttle. Sure enough, the rpms started to > dip a little at idle and before I could blip the throttle again, the > motor died. Distance from start: 0.5mi. I got it restarted by > cranking the motor while holding the throttle halfway open (which > would support the engine flooding theory) and rode the bike home, > never letting the revs drop below 2000 rpms. > > When I pulled into my driveway, I let the engine idle down and it > promptly died and would not restart. > > Prior to this morning, I had about 120mi on the tank of premium. I > had ridden almost 200 miles on Sunday w/o problems. Normally, the > problem is a result of the last thing done to the bike. The last > thing I did was change the spark plug. I'm thinking some crud could > have broken loose when I R&R'd the fuel tank. Like I said, I'll check > the bowl this weekend. > > Other info: I use the bike as my daily commuter and average about > 150miles/week commuting plus another 100-200 miles on weekends for > fun. I normally get between 50-52mpg on or offroad, city or highway. > This has been true since I bought the bike almost 26,000 miles ago. > The last 2 tanks I got 46mpg and 48mpg, respectively. I thought this > was indicative of a bad plug. But, the plug looked pretty good when I > pulled it: normal color, sharp edges on electrode and conductor, and > properly gapped. Oh well. > > Thanks, again, Jeff. I'll keep the list posted on what happens. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > > John, > > > > I'm gonna make a wild guess that the float is sticking just a bit or the > > needle seat is not sealing. Or, well one more guess at the end of the > > post. This could I suppose cause too much fuel to enter the system. If > > it's just a bit I think the bike might run with the throttle open as > more > > air would lean out the fuel rich mixture. When you went to idle the > rich > > fuel mixture couldn't be leaned out cause you closed the throttle > cutting > > the available air. This caused the engine to flood and stall. It then > > wouldn't restart because it was flooded. You could smell the extra > fuel. > > Once the bike sat for a bit the extra fuel evaporated and you got to > > where the fuel/air mix would burn and the engine started. Then it > > flooded again and you started the entire process over again. > > > > I think the fix for this might entail removing the float bowl and > > cleaning the needle seat and checking float action. > > > > Now the other item I suppose it could be is you left the choke on. You > > need it to start on a cold morning but once the engine is warm (maybe 2 > > minutes max) you don't need a rich mixture anymore. The engine can run > > at speed with the choke on but won't idle. And it'll also be hard to > > start. > > > > The first thing I'd check is the choke lever. : ) > > > > Hope this helps. Let us know how this works out. > > > > Best, > > > > Jeff Saline > > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > > >