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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "dave.rogoski"
wrote:
>
> I parked my new 419 miles Kawasaki KLR 650 last September without
> doing any winterization. I just tried to start it and it idles
with
> full choke but dies immediately when I try to open the throttle or
> reduce the choke, even after it warms up.
>
> Is this a gummed up carb or stuck slide - maybe someone who has had
a
> similar problem already knows?
>
> How difficult is it to fix this and is there any KLR manuals online
> with the step by step to remove the carb if necessary?
>
> I thought I would be riding again soon when I bought it but ended
up
> on a long trip for 3 months.
>
Hello Dave,
Capt. Anal Retentive-Low Maint. High Impact a.k.a.AR-LoMHI
(...written after reading the entire thread--as the wind howls
outside my Dakota window, and drifts the garage closed from blowing
snow)
I hope it was a good trip! Bummer on the dead bike.
Others have offered solutions for the immediate problem--I offer the
solution for next fall....
I hate a bike that won't run--and the very one thing, if you do
nothing else (Dave and others) is start to add Sea Foam to your fuel
anytime you 'think' you are within 30 days of not riding anymore.
Yeah, it's anal-retentive.
I start adding Seafoam (as suggested here at this forum) in late
Sept/early Oct--the wx is can be that wacky--not knowing when the
last day of the riding season will occur. The fuel can is treated so
that all the little bikes (5) have Seafoam treated fuel starting in
Sept. The KLR gets it in late Oct, and runs on treated fuel through
the winter, every ride, every fuel stop. This year, I parked the KLR
in Mid-Nov. and did not restart until last week. Started reasonably
well soon after start was attempted. Again, give your bike treated
fuel within 30 days of you thinking you will need it. You really
don't know when your last ride for the winter will be.
Yeah, its anal retentive.
Why bother?
I just don't have the time to mess with gummy carbs, on 7 bikes, a
lawnmower, snow blower, blah, blah, blah...and neither do you.
Interesting learning point...you might have 'ignored' this item of
advice last fall...but I am sure you will go to NAPA (sic) and get
some soon.
Which goes to say: Experience is the best teacher...cough, a highly
over-rated statement. The KLR FAQ and its 'child', the KLR list is
your new best friend, and the best thing going for learning about the
KLR.
Not offered here in this thread, but often offered by poster Jeff
Saline, shut off the fuel tap a minute or so before you turn off the
bike. Takes the pressure off the float mech, etc--and may have
additional therapeutic effects on carb jets, etc. N0TE: understand
how soon you bike will die from fuel starvation after you shut off
the fuel tap. Having your big pig die in an intersection makes folks
like me work overtime. My pig gives me very little indication that it
is dying from fuel starvation--goes from running good, slight
hesitation, say one potato, two, and it is dead! YMMV in this
circumstance but I doubt it.
Change the gas often. smile. Find a group of guys in your area (tell
us where you live) and find out when there will be a maintenance/tech
day near where you live. Close=200 miles or less. smile. It might
be what you are in need of right now. While you are at it, have them
show you how to turn the idle air screw out to two turns.
and, Make sure you get your valve clnc checked near the 1000 smile
mark.
revmaaatin.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM, dave.rogoski
wrote: