Crich422
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Hello everybody, it's a warm(er) day in Colorado so I decided to go out and take a loop around my apartment complex. Just to keep from letting her sit for months without firing her up. It was a bit rough to start, but i expected that since it has been about a month. I used some starter fluid but after letting it idle and warm up it idled with only a few little sputters here and there. It stopped after it warmed up. I threw on my boots and took it down the street and back to my garage, as I was on my way back, I gave it some throttle and it started to sputter and died. Then it backfired after it died, it hasn't done that before. It sputtered most when I shifted into second gear and let out the clutch, but when I pulled the clutch in, the RPMs would go up a little bit but not enough to keep it running.
Something else that was a bit weird, when I turned my petcock to ON the carb started dripping fuel out of the fuel runoff vents (there should be a hose connected to it for California emissions I think). It stopped after a few seconds but I haven't seen it do that either. I have a new Raptor petcock, so I know thats good. Now, Ive always wondered if I needed to rejet my carb for the elevation Im at (6,000 ft), plus I want to ride up into the mountains and theres a large difference in elevation just a few hours from my place.
The backfire is new to me as well, I already have the brass plug out so I can adjust the richness. That was making a few bikes backfire on here, so that might just be a tuning thing afterwards. Since I have to take my seat off to really get my battery in place, and I had the cone air filter off to spray fluid in it, I watched my carb and it would 'puff' out smoke and a bit of fire every once and a while before it got warmed up.
So I guess my questions are: What would make it sputter when I give it throttle? And what is making it 'puff'? (I hope that all makes sense!)
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