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jonnychop YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25	Re: Stalling Reply #15 - 11/04/09 at 11:50:22 Are you warming up with the gas valve on PRI or on ? try PRI because your petcock diafragm may be leaking air. JC.
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Re: Stalling
Reply #16 - 11/05/09 at 14:40:29

Sorry JC, was that for me???
Anyway, ran it last night...28 degrees. Same thing happened twice (died rolling up to stop)...rode for about 20 minutes and it seemed to warm up enough that it quit doing it. Rode in this morning...40 degrees maybe?? Let it warm up for 15 minutes before heading out...no stalling...I'm confused since in another thread everyone's talking about cold weather riding gear (like 18 degrees cold)...what gives???
I'm wondering if it IS the petcock...

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Re: Stalling
Reply #17 - 11/06/09 at 04:06:01

Std problem. If you pull the choke knob out it's too rich.

Basically you have two choices to fix it:

1) Raise idle speed up a little for the first mile ot two. This works best if you have a Tach so you adjust the RPM's back to where they belong.

2) Make a shim to stick in between the idle screw and the little tab that it bumps up against to rasie the idle until you pull the shim out. I did this and it worked great. I took a little piece of magnetic material (flat stuff they put on those free hand out ad's & business cards). I put a piece of thread on it then hung it on the fuel hose. After the first mile you will notice the idle up and you just reach down, pull on the string and it comes off and then the string will let it dangle there for next use.

I will note that the fixer '86 Sportster I got in July has a Mikuni carb that has a staged choke. First knotch out only raises idle speed (very handy in cold weather). And, it has it's own adj screw. Next few knotches are std choke operation.

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Reply #18 - 11/06/09 at 08:37:12

I took a little piece of magnetic material (flat stuff they put on those free hand out ad's & business cards). I put a piece of thread on it then hung it on the fuel hose. After the first mile you will notice the idle up and you just reach down, pull on the string and it comes off and then the string will let it dangle there for next use.

Clever..I Like clever.

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Re: Stalling
Reply #19 - 11/06/09 at 10:31:53

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/06/09 at 08:37:12:

I took a little piece of magnetic material (flat stuff they put on those free hand out ad's & business cards). I put a piece of thread on it then hung it on the fuel hose. After the first mile you will notice the idle up and you just reach down, pull on the string and it comes off and then the string will let it dangle there for next use.

Clever..I Like clever.

Justin - you need to use your Quote button. I was reading your post thinking 'I just read that', but it looks like you wrote it yourself.

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Reply #20 - 11/06/09 at 10:55:38

Ooops, sorry Piglet..I do cut & paste snippets a lot. I just kinda figured people would say "Hey, I just read that. I bet thats a quote & hes gonna have something to say about that one little piece of the previous posters comments"
PLace that stuff between the quotation marks in a Thot Balloon over a drawing of yourself, thats what I was hoping for..

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Re: Stalling
Reply #21 - 11/06/09 at 11:14:54

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/06/09 at 10:55:38:

Ooops, sorry Piglet..I do cut & paste snippets a lot. I just kinda figured people would say "Hey, I just read that. I bet thats a quote & hes gonna have something to say about that one little piece of the previous posters comments"
PLace that stuff between the quotation marks in a Thot Balloon over a drawing of yourself, thats what I was hoping for..

But the Quote button also reminds readers "who" said it, and I don't have to scroll back up to see who you are responding to. You can also delete the information that you don't want to reply about, if you are only commenting on a small piece.

No biggie, though, I'm just picky that way... Wink

Or lazy...

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Re: Stalling
Reply #22 - 11/06/09 at 12:04:33

You tell'im Piglet!... Straighten his butt out!...
Shape up, n' fly right!....
I been wantin' tear into JOG for a while now,... just couldn't think of a good reason why...

Whew!... I feel better now... Huh

Kidding bro!...

Justin,... There's a quote button on the post reply page, top row of icons, (looks like a piece of paper with an arrow pointing out from it).... Cool huh?!!!...
I only just figured it out a couple of weeks ago, after three years here...

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Tonydtiger1971 Senior Member Offline Yet while we were sinners Christ died for us Posts: 493 Dawsonville, GA Gender:	Re: Stalling Reply #23 - 11/06/09 at 14:40:05 It was about that today on the way to work, bbbrrrr. Had to keep my legs close to the engine to keep them warm.
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Reply #24 - 11/06/09 at 15:12:47

Hey
About 4 weeks ago I had similar problems to the OP - it has started to get really cold here as well, but not too cold........single digits in celcius - anyway - I bought a battery charger <2-4-6 amp>...... 3 weeks ago I took the battery out and charged it for 12+ hours - at 2 amps, once charged the system went into float mode -
long story short the bike runs perfectly now -
I think the colder weather might be wreaking havoc on your bikes little charging system........if you dont alreay have a charger go grab one - you will most likely need it in 2010.
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Re: Stalling
Reply #25 - 11/06/09 at 17:25:13

Serowbot wrote on 11/06/09 at 12:04:33:

You tell'im Piglet!... Straighten his butt out!...
Shape up, n' fly right!....
I been wantin' tear into JOG for a while now,... just couldn't think of a good reason why...

Whew!... I feel better now... Huh

Kidding bro!...

I know where the button is, Im just a lazy SOB & I just Cut & Paste the little part I want to reply to,..
As fer feelin the need to tear in,, man, dont wait on a reason, just jump on. If I can help you work off some aggressions, get your tensions worked out, hey, If what you say hurts me too bad, Ill just shut one eye & limit my exposure & know I helped you live a little longer.. Its all good.
Justin,... There's a quote button on the post reply page, top row of icons, (looks like a piece of paper with an arrow pointing out from it).... Cool huh?!!!...
I only just figured it out a couple of weeks ago, after three years here...

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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Stalling Reply #26 - 11/09/09 at 07:54:09 Hey Nicholas, I need to get a battery tender anyway so I'll take your suggestion and go get one. The "Battery Tender Junior" is the one I'm lookin' at. 28 bucks with coupon and tax...I think it will be money well spent... Thanks BTW, it was 80 degrees this past week...from 22" of snow to 80 degrees in 3 days....ya gotta love Colorado....
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Stalling Reply #27 - 11/09/09 at 08:05:31 Nicholas got a battery charger not a battery tender.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Stalling Reply #28 - 11/09/09 at 08:14:43 Thanks Bill, I know he used a charger but the one I'm looking at will do what needs to be done...Hopefully, the tender I'm looking at will be better for my use. I don't think my battery is that far gone...just needs some TLC
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nicholas YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: Stalling Reply #29 - 11/09/09 at 11:38:15 Did you try charging - did it solve anything ?
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