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jaydaclaude YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2	Help! Cold natured savage 06/18/08 at 07:05:43 I have a 96 savage it starts easily but after a few seconds it dies and once I start riding it dies at stop signs and red lights but after 10 to 15 min. of riding it runs great. Someone suggested I remove the white spacer from the carb. Is this a good idea and Im open to any suggestions. Thanx
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Help! Cold natured savage Reply #1 - 06/18/08 at 08:37:10 Are you using choke? If you are and it still dies at idle, maybe just raise the idle speed a little.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Help! Cold natured savage Reply #2 - 06/18/08 at 09:05:59 sounds like the idle mixture could use a little richer as well - is the carb stock - as in the brass plug is still in place over the mixture screw?
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sockmonkeygirl Serious Thumper Offline 37 Stitches Posts: 819 W.Mass Gender:	Re: Help! Cold natured savage Reply #3 - 06/18/08 at 12:47:11 I just assume mine is a cold blooded beast. She needs to warm up quite a bit too, so I try to give her that time. A quicker method would be great for leaving work, though. Who wants to hang around for another 10 minutes at the end of a shift?
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rigidchop Serious Thumper Offline don't feed the drama llama Posts: 1105 ravenswood wv Gender:	Re: Help! Cold natured savage Reply #4 - 06/18/08 at 15:04:57 my bike has always been a hard starter, but if i turn the petcock to prime, pull the choke knob out all the way, wait a few seconds then thumb the button, it usually starts right up. of course that was before i got the mikuni from lancer, now i just thumb the button
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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: Help! Cold natured savage Reply #5 - 06/18/08 at 20:30:05 Mine tends to be a bit cold natured as well. I put the choke to first positin, and let it idle as I put on my gear; then ride with it out for the first 1/2 mile or so. That seems to do the trick. Ride safe, Jay
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jaydaclaude YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2	Re: Help! Cold natured savage Reply #6 - 06/19/08 at 06:04:55 Thanks for all the suggetions. Today I increased the idle speed and I decided to ride for the first mile or so with the fuel switch in prime, worked like a charm. Thanks again.
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Reply #7 - 06/19/08 at 06:13:23

Yep, Idle speed is the cuprit. Since the bike is fairly simple design, you sometimes have to manually compenste to the weather.

Do you have a Tach?? I use mine to set the idle at around 1000 at cold start up. Then the bike usually gets up to 1200 when it warms up.

Warning, remember the bike is a Low oil pressure bike. With an idle less than 1000, (800-900 ... the sounds cool spot.... Wink

) the oil pressure at idle drops below 2 psig. That's not too good for the cam journal...... Sad

Engineers design things, Technicians make them work.
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