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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
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OK. I'll give it a shot.

If nothin else fixes it take a razor blade and hack away at the choke knob until somethin works.

Alrighty. Throw in a couple pics and that should do it.
we need a smiley with tears running down it's face..
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
UPDATE... I put new spark plugs in over the weekend and went on a 70mile ride (hard ) Runs great! got home and pulled the plugs nice light brown color PERFECT!! BTW the old plugs were gapped wrong too .5mm! freak'n stealer gapped all the new plugs to .8mm-.9mm. Seems to be running very well! less gas smell too!
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
Multiple small issues can drive you nuts in a hurry. Sounds like you're all set
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
Just for your info Musky,I did the choke knob trim today.Took about 1/16
off.Raining here so I didn't get to ride it but started it and warmed it up and it seem to idle better. Will know more when I get to ride it
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
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Just for your info Musky,I did the choke knob trim today.Took about 1/16
off.Raining here so I didn't get to ride it but started it and warmed it up and it seem to idle better. Will know more when I get to ride it

Post the results after you get a ride in. Sorry about the rain
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
cut about 3mm off mine, dint notice anything differant, it still touched the stop
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
cartersta wrote:
cut about 3mm off mine, dint notice anything differant, it still touched the stop

Well. If there isn't anything wrong with the choke it won't fix it. How's that for profound? I guess there's a couple ways of looking at it.

If it's good now leave it like it is.

Keep cutting and see if anything gets better.

Even if it is good, trimming until it stops just shy of the stop gives you the piece of mind that it's shutting all the way off. But that's a decision you have to make. Flippping a coin might work for that . The problem is that we don't have anywhere near enough data to say for sure either way. So it's all an experiment.
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
musky, thanks for your help on a lot of things!
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
Anyone else?
 
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Re:Choke cable 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
Hey Musky, Bet you never thought this thread would run like it has when you created it..160 and counting..
 
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