Post by mattb on Jul 24, 2007 6:59:55 GMT -5
Hey all.
After somebody put my bike on prime and flooded it (see sr500forum.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=General&action=display&thread=1184762666) I've had two problems: the bike can now be very hard to start hot, and it now stalls. The starting issue - usually the hot bike always starts within 1 to 3 kicks - seems to be sorting itself out (I ride the bike almost daily, and went for a decent blat on the weekend which always helps things), but the stalling issue is a problem. Aside from the first day I got the bike, I've not encountered the problem until now, where it doesn't hold to idle well when I'm coming to a stop - before it would fall to and remain at 12,000 rpm, but now at times it easily falls below that to the point that I have to be careful it doesn't stall, which it did today in traffic, as it did once on Sunday. This problem seems to me directly linked to the flooding of the carbie, considering that it is a new problem and developed immediately after that, so I'm wondering if anybody has any thoughts on what might be the problem in consequence of that probable cause?
Also, a mate said that even with prime on, the carb shouldn't have been overflowing into the overflow pipe as it was, and that this might denote a problem. What thinks youse?
One more question, if I have the idle a few thousand revs higher, the problem is less so - but what is the effect of this long-term on the bike?
Thanks,
Matt
Ps what a great bike! Sunday was a beautiful sunny winter's day, and as my mates were tearing off ahead (big Dandenongs-Yarra Valley circle), as I would have once done on my previous more revvy bike, I actually slowed down to below the limit as it was such a pleasure to simply chug along, like a smiling gent from days long gone by.
After somebody put my bike on prime and flooded it (see sr500forum.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=General&action=display&thread=1184762666) I've had two problems: the bike can now be very hard to start hot, and it now stalls. The starting issue - usually the hot bike always starts within 1 to 3 kicks - seems to be sorting itself out (I ride the bike almost daily, and went for a decent blat on the weekend which always helps things), but the stalling issue is a problem. Aside from the first day I got the bike, I've not encountered the problem until now, where it doesn't hold to idle well when I'm coming to a stop - before it would fall to and remain at 12,000 rpm, but now at times it easily falls below that to the point that I have to be careful it doesn't stall, which it did today in traffic, as it did once on Sunday. This problem seems to me directly linked to the flooding of the carbie, considering that it is a new problem and developed immediately after that, so I'm wondering if anybody has any thoughts on what might be the problem in consequence of that probable cause?
Also, a mate said that even with prime on, the carb shouldn't have been overflowing into the overflow pipe as it was, and that this might denote a problem. What thinks youse?
One more question, if I have the idle a few thousand revs higher, the problem is less so - but what is the effect of this long-term on the bike?
Thanks,
Matt
Ps what a great bike! Sunday was a beautiful sunny winter's day, and as my mates were tearing off ahead (big Dandenongs-Yarra Valley circle), as I would have once done on my previous more revvy bike, I actually slowed down to below the limit as it was such a pleasure to simply chug along, like a smiling gent from days long gone by.
