jman
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In reference to my wife's bike:
1995 Savage 22,000+ miles Full tank of non-ethanol 87 octane (filled up 13 July, this thread posted 14 July) No mods to fuel system, engine, or exhaust. Fresh NGK DPR7EA-9 spark plug about a week to 10 days ago.
The bike starts and idles just fine when it's stone-cold (air temp between 60-80 F) using 1/2 choke. During what I'm referring to as a "transition" period between cold and full operating temperature, the bike will not run with 1/2 choke, but will sputter and die without throttle input. However, adding throttle to it will cause the carburetor to flood and overflow.
Idle mixture screw is set at 1.5 turns out (did that today, too)
Mostly what I did today was to pull the float bowl off the carb, clean the jets, clean the float needle and seat, and reposition (several times) the float needle so it will close sooner.
That didn't seem to help it.
About the only way that the bike works the way it's supposed to is if you get on it and ride as soon as it's running, regardless of engine temperature, and then only if you really wind the gears out. 1-2 shift between 25 and 30 mph, 2-3 above 40, etc. Only after riding it hard like that for about 2-3 miles will it idle like it's supposed to, otherwise it will kill when you pull the clutch in.
I'm all out of ideas on what I need to do.
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