My SV has had a hard time starting, lately. The battery seems fine, but I have to fully choke it for about a minute or it won't stay running on it's own. After that, it's fine.
I bought some carb cleaner, but I haven't had time to tear the bike down and get to the carbs to spray them out yet.
did you try checking the rotogirder?... :lol: f3 is having the same thing....its takin longer to warm up now then before, i dont have to hold it on a min but damn near close
My CBR uses Keihin carbs. Cleaned them many times, but not the choke plungers. The carbs have to be separated from each other and I don't want to do that. Here's how I clean them.
I turn my gas tank petcock to off when I come down the alley to my garage. The engine dies after a few minutes, and I let it cool down. The fuel line and float chambers are now dry. I disconnect the fuel line from the tank and pour carb cleaner into the line using a funnel until the float chambers and line are full. Then I connect the line back to the tank.
With the engine cool, I put the choke on full and start it. The carb cleaner from the float chamber and fuel line is running through the choke plungers and passageways. After a few minutes, fuel is running through the clean choke system. Not as good as taking the carbs apart from each other, but a lot less stripped screw heads.
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