Bike dies less than 1/4 miles down road

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Do you use the Choke to start the bike (sorry if this comes off as a retarded question)

Mine does the same thing, but, I dont have a choke, what Ive been doing in the meantime is setting the idle pretty high, ride about 5-6 miles with an average speed of say, 45-50. Then when I get to a stop sign, I turn it back down, works after that.

[alanmcorcoran]

It's damn hard to start a GZ without the choke, but I suppose it's possible. Downgrade - do you have a GZ? WTH happened to your choke?

[alantf]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

It's damn hard to start a GZ without the choke, but I suppose it's possible.

Crazy American bikes!!!!! I never (well, virtually never) need to use the choke . :roll:

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I bought it with the choke cable not functioning, the guy said Id probably have to lube it up to loosen it, turns out its crimped in a few places, just haven't gotten around to replacing it. During the afternoon I normally never have a problem, but early am/late night I normally do, alittle bit anyways before I started doing what I said in the previous post.

[grego]

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my choke wasn't working either. i found a crimp in the cable. i used a pair of pliers and carefully rounded out the crimp to where it was free. and then lubricated the cable. i took the cable off to do this so i could go around the cable. you can give that a try. if its broke you can't break it, but if your lucky you can get it to work until you can get a replacement.



safe biking

grego

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Originally Posted by grego

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my choke wasn't working either. i found a crimp in the cable. i used a pair of pliers and carefully rounded out the crimp to where it was free. and then lubricated the cable. i took the cable off to do this so i could go around the cable. you can give that a try. if its broke you can't break it, but if your lucky you can get it to work until you can get a replacement.



safe biking

grego

I've tried that :/

[Rubioj02]

OK I got the bike working now so it doesn't die. I have one bolt in each of the muffler pipes until I can get the parts in and i took off the gas tank and cleaned the pet cock out. It ran really good for a while but after I parked it, i let it idle to try and use some gas and it started smelling like something was burning under the bike. I haven't got a chance to look at anything but the smell seems to be coming from the right side of the bike. Some gas was spilled during the removal of the tank but I hosed down the bike after installation and think maybe all the gas didn't come off and something got caught burning.

[blaine]

Originally Posted by Rubioj02

It ran really good for a while but after I parked it, i let it idle to try and use some gas and it started smelling like something was burning under the bike. I haven't got a chance to look at anything but the smell seems to be coming from the right side of the bike. Some gas was spilled during the removal of the tank but I hosed down the bike after installation and think maybe all the gas didn't come off and something got caught burning.

Bad idea to leave the bike sitting idling,as the engine will over heat.The bike needs to be moving so the air keeps the engine cool.This maybe what you were smelling,an over heated engine.
:cool:

[alanmcorcoran]

Look for anything touching the pipe - plastic, leather, zip ties, saddlebags, whatev - especially the last two thirds of it. It's an "air" cooled bike, which means, basically, it'll get hotter than hell unless you are going somewhere (sometimes even then!)

Don't investigate by touching anything. You can get a disfiguring scar quite easily off certain sections of the pipe - instantly.

If you leave the bike running like that, never leave it unattended. Bikes attract little kids and they are right at the wrong level to avoid touching that shiny pipe.

Does your bike leak oil? You might have been burning that off. Or maybe it's part of your exhaust that never got heated up enough before (cause it was stalling out?)

[Rookie Rider]

My bike stalled today 5 times on a 2 mile ride, i dont have a choke either,