5 second bike ride

jamezgreen · 10-07-2009, 06:44 PM

Hello,

My GZ250 has been doing something a little weird the last few days here. As I pull out of my driveway in the morning headed off to work, I'll make it one block and the bike will die. Even with the choke on and trying to keep the RPMs high, dies without fail. Should I be switching my fuel switch to 'Prime' every morning or would that make a difference? My bike has always been very slow to warm up, takes a good 10 minutes before I can take the choke off and even then I have to keep the idle set pretty high so it doesn't die. Additionally the bike takes quite a while to start at any time really. It turns over for a good 15-30 seconds before it starts. Probably needs a carburetor servicing ?? but that's probably some serious cash. I installed and correctly gapped a new spark plug just a few weeks ago. Ideas?

10-07-2009, 06:44 PM	#1
jamezgreen Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lake Elsinore, CA Posts: 34	5 second bike ride Hello, My GZ250 has been doing something a little weird the last few days here. As I pull out of my driveway in the morning headed off to work, I'll make it one block and the bike will die. Even with the choke on and trying to keep the RPMs high, dies without fail. Should I be switching my fuel switch to 'Prime' every morning or would that make a difference? My bike has always been very slow to warm up, takes a good 10 minutes before I can take the choke off and even then I have to keep the idle set pretty high so it doesn't die. Additionally the bike takes quite a while to start at any time really. It turns over for a good 15-30 seconds before it starts. Probably needs a carburetor servicing ?? but that's probably some serious cash. I installed and correctly gapped a new spark plug just a few weeks ago. Ideas? Login or Register to Remove Ads
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