2001 GZ won't start

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by sqrimp

ah crap. The car was indeed running when I jumped the bike. What kind of bad things happen? Also how long am i suppose to let it sit on the choke to warm up? it was a cool day, not necessarily cold.

again, thanks for all of your inputs, i am definitely taking into consideration everything in trying to troubleshoot this thing. cheers

First off the choke is actually a fuel enrichener rather than a real choke as we know it but the end effect it the same. If/when the bike starts the engine will warm up and the rpm will increase with the enriched fuel mixture. You have to back off the choke a little at a time as the rpm increases. This is a learned response and it will be up to you to judge the rpm. Do not just let the engine race at full choke, just slowly reduce choke as the rpm increases. It is just a little dance step to learn. If you let the engine run at full choke for too long it will just shut off due to an over rich mixture when the engine gets warmer. That happened a couple times on Lynda's GZ and to restart it she just shut off the choke, opened the throttle 1/4 and hit the start button. The added throttle opening allowed the extra air to clear the rich fuel mixture.
On to the bad things that could happen jumping from a running car. I will let Alantf explain that. He is our #1 electrical guru here and his knowledge is invalueable to us. He is a retired Welshman living on an island off the coast of Africa.