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Posted by Manjo on February 9, 2008, 8:06 am
On Jan 24, 12:52=A0am, ottg...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I hate to be too simplistic, but I hope you're in Neutral when you're
> at a complete stop, if not, maybe the Clutch is dragging a bit to make
> it stall?
> Bg
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> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:
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> > > I mislead on 800 rpm. =A0I have the idle set at 1,000 rpm and as the
> > > outside temperature approaches 80 degrees F, the bike's idle speed
> > > decreases and the bike runs rough at stops and as the heat increases,
> > > the engine will stall. =A0I have never had a problem re-starting the
> > > bike. =A0When this happens in stop and go traffic, I'm especially
> > > careful to down shift so that at just before a full stop, I have run
> > > the bike in 1st gear for several yards. =A0This tends to reduce the
> > > stalling some. =A0This has led me to also consider the fuel system as
> > > the possible source of the stalling problem (vapor lock??).
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> > That symptom has me really baffled. Normally my idle will
> > increase as the engine gets hot. I suppose vapor lock might
> > be worth checking for. I'd also wonder if you might be running
> > way too rich at idle, causing it to bog down. When it gets to
> > this state, you might shut it down and check the plug color.- Hide quote=
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I will check this shortly, although the symptoms only appears at
temperatures over 80 degrees F. I've taken the clutch apart several
times and I'm careful for undue wear and to torque everything to
spec. But I will go over it more carefully to be sure. Thanks.
Manjo
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