April 25, 201016 yr Hi All, Had a strange one today. The bike has been running fine for months, but today it threw a fart. Bike was warm and running with no choke. All off a sudden started reving up and sounding like it wanted to die. After a minute or two of trying to get things running better I reopened the choke and the bike started running ok. Obviously it was running weak. From then on the bike run fine but the choke was fully open. After ten minutes and trying to do some rear wheel hops (very poorly!), it died again. I knew straight away that that things had returned to normal and the it didn't like choke. I closed the choke and everything was back to normal! So, I'm guessing that the a float in the carb must have been stuck and the bounce of the hop freed it?? Anyway, anyone have any clear ideas what was going on? Should I strip the carb and clean it? Kind regards, Wayne.
April 25, 201016 yr sounds more like the pilot jet. I`d clean the carb. Do you have an inline filter?
April 25, 201016 yr sounds more like the pilot jet. I`d clean the carb. Do you have an inline filter? Spot on diagnosis....
April 26, 201016 yr Author sounds more like the pilot jet. I`d clean the carb. Do you have an inline filter? thanks for the quick reply. Yep, fitted one when i got the bike. I'll give the carb a quick overall and see how things go... Cheers guys! Wayne.
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