carb question

[Fred Hink]

Does turning your handlebars effect the idle speed? If it does, you may have your throttle cables adjusted without enough free play. Does it ever idle at a normal idle speed when warmed up with the choke off? Make sure your choke lever also have enough free play. Fred www.arrowheadmotorsports.com From: Kevin Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 8:51 AM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Carb question Thanks for all of your suggestions regarding my rough-running '95 KLR after I cleaned the carb, replaced the carb diaphragm and did the 22 mod. Shortly after I wrote you, the symptoms vanished, so I did nothing. Now, though, a new wrinkle has developed. The engine starts and runs well, but seems reluctant to return to idle. If the engine's running at, say, 4,000 rpms and I pull in the clutch and let off the throttle, it takes a few seconds for it to come down to idle. Sometimes it pauses briefly at 2,000 rpms before going any slower. There is no stickiness in the throttle linkage. What could be causing this? How do I fix it? The upside of all this carb confusion is that I was motivated to do a lot of other maintenance chores while waiting for the carb diaphragm to arrive. New fork seals and brake pads. Ride-On sealer / balancer in the tires. Finally installed the Ricor Intiminators that I bought on sale a year or two ago. Had all this stuff sitting around for a long time. Didn't want to do it in winter when it was cold; didn't want to do it in spring when I could be riding instead. Nice to finally have it done; I can really feel the difference. The weather here has been particularly nice. The ranchers have burned the dead growth off their fields, the new grass is sprouting up, and some places in rural Oklahoma look remarkably like Ireland. I've lived here most of my life and continue discover beautiful new places I never knew existed before I had a KLR. Kevin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]