Bear with me...

[GZ Jess]

I have a little mechanical knowledge but not much so bear with me while I try to explain my issues here.

I just bought a 2004 GZ250 with 830 miles. It appears to be well taken care of.

I understand that when you start a cold bike you need to pull out the choke. This bike has issues starting. The starter sounds strong and battery appears strong. Some times it will turn over a couple of times and stall out and others times it won't start at all. Once I do get it running for a few minutes and turn it off, it will start right back up no issues.

I did find a screw that seems to adjust the idle and that is how I get it started. When I get it started and running if I move the choke lever it stalls out whether it has been running or not. I thought originally that if I could get the bike warmed up enough I could put the idle screw where it needed to be to run smooth warm and then be able to just open the choke to start then close as it warms. But if the choke is moved it doesn't up the RPMs like I think it's suppose to and it just stalls the bike out!

I'm stumped now. Any ideas?

Thanks, Jess