Beating the boredom and still getting your bike fix

[Badger-Roy]

Could also be leak somewhere around the inlet manifold or dodgy autochoke (if it has one). I'd check them before the carb just because they are easier and you'll be removing them enroute to the carb anyways.

What I can’t work out was it was riding really well up in till I pulled over and turned the engine off for 5 mins, from that point on it’s been an absolute turd, it’ll tick over happy as Larry all day (I hope Larrys happy anyway he’s not been on for a while) but literally as soon as I touch the throttle it bogs down and stalls.

[WR6133]

What I can’t work out was it was riding really well up in till I pulled over and turned the engine off for 5 mins, from that point on it’s been an absolute turd, it’ll tick over happy as Larry all day (I hope Larrys happy anyway he’s not been on for a while) but literally as soon as I touch the throttle it bogs down and stalls.

If it has an auto choke deffo try pulling it first (if it has one it'll usually be on the side of the carb with a couple wires coming from it). That old V-clic I modified alot had one and it left my Mrs stranded in Amesbury once with identical symptoms. Testing the inlet manifold is easy too shoot loads of WD40 at it while bike is running, if the idle speed changes there is an issue. Any of those or dirt blocking the carb can just happen..... if it sat for ages could be old sediment and **** in the tank and just bad luck it shifted and caused a blockage when you stopped.

[Badger-Roy]

If it has an auto choke deffo try pulling it first (if it has one it'll usually be on the side of the carb with a couple wires coming from it). That old V-clic I modified alot had one and it left my Mrs stranded in Amesbury once with identical symptoms. Testing the inlet manifold is easy too shoot loads of WD40 at it while bike is running, if the idle speed changes there is an issue. Any of those or dirt blocking the carb can just happen..... if it sat for ages could be old sediment and **** in the tank and just bad luck it shifted and caused a blockage when you stopped.

how would I test the auto choke? Is it a case of taking it of and starting the bike and see if it runs ok? Cheers for the ideas

[WR6133]

how would I test the auto choke? Is it a case of taking it of and starting the bike and see if it runs ok? Cheers for the ideas

Yeah, remove it start bike, it may be harder to start and require you to feather the throttle a bit till warm. Once warm try cracking open throttle, if it works happy days. If not you need to remove it anyway when you pull the carb. When it's idling may as well spray wd40 all around the inlet as well, 2 birds 1 stone.

[Badger-Roy]

Yeah, remove it start bike, it may be harder to start and require you to feather the throttle a bit till warm. Once warm try cracking open throttle, if it works happy days. If not you need to remove it anyway when you pull the carb. When it's idling may as well spray wd40 all around the inlet as well, 2 birds 1 stone.

Cheers il give that a whirl and see how it goes

[Badger-Roy]

Yeah, remove it start bike, it may be harder to start and require you to feather the throttle a bit till warm. Once warm try cracking open throttle, if it works happy days. If not you need to remove it anyway when you pull the carb. When it's idling may as well spray wd40 all around the inlet as well, 2 birds 1 stone.

Well had a gander at it this afternoon and from what I can see the auto choke has had a “redneck repair” in that the wires have been cut, a hole drilled through it with a bolt fitted to pull the choke out, as iv only just noticed it this means up till now it’s been starting with no choke what so ever, needless to say once I find one il be buying a new auto choke. I then took the top of the carb and removed the spring,diaphragm, needle and slider, straight away I noticed it had been put in in the wrong order, it’s meant to go needle 1st, spring holder feet down, then the spring, but the previous owner had fitted the spring holder feet up, then the needle, then the spring meaning the needle was 1|2in shorter, (how it run I don’t know) so after putting it back together correctly I hopefully started it and it started easily, revved well etc so helmet on and off I ride, it’s going well then 2 miles in it’s start bogging down and dieing again, ticks over lovely but won’t rev.
So until I get a new choke it’s been confined to the back of the garage.

[BB]

revved well etc so helmet on and off I ride, it’s going well then 2 miles in it’s start bogging down and dieing again, ticks over lovely but won’t rev.
So until I get a new choke it’s been confined to the back of the garage.

Bad scoot! naughty corner for you - or should that be the previous owner?