north ga mountains ride july 26th,27,& 28

[wharris772]

Anyone have any ideas? I have a 97 klr650 with about 20k miles. I have owned it for about 4 months and have had carb problems for 2 months. I have taken it apart twice now and cleaned and blown out everything I could. The previous owner says he never had any problems with it before. The bike starts normally using the choke and after driving alittle bit I shut off the choke. When the bike warms up and I come to a stop it dies. When I get it started its loaded up and usually blows alot of black smoke till it clears out. Seems too rich, but the piolet jet is standard for my altitude (140). Once you get up to mediumand above speed everything is ok. After each time I cleaned it it ran fine for about a week then started acting up again. I love the bike but this is really bummin me out and I just cant think of anything else. Any advise will be greatly appretiated.

[monahanwb]

When I get it started its loaded up and

> usually blows alot of black smoke till it clears out. Seems too

rich,

> but the piolet jet is standard for my altitude (140).

Sticky enricher plunger?

[Devon Jarvis]

It sounds like it's flooding. If it runs for a week just fine after a cleaning, then starts to run rich, my first guess is you have a rusty or dirty tank. Enough rust and crap eventually gets into the float valve assembly in the valve to prevent it from properly closing when the carb bowl is filled. Devon A15 wharris772 wrote:

> Anyone have any ideas? I have a 97 klr650 with about 20k miles. I > have owned it for about 4 months and have had carb problems for 2 > months. I have taken it apart twice now and cleaned and blown out > everything I could. The previous owner says he never had any problems > with it before. The bike starts normally using the choke and after > driving alittle bit I shut off the choke. When the bike warms up and > I come to a stop it dies. When I get it started its loaded up and > usually blows alot of black smoke till it clears out. Seems too rich, > but the piolet jet is standard for my altitude (140). Once you get up > to mediumand above speed everything is ok. After each time I cleaned > it it ran fine for about a week then started acting up again. I love > the bike but this is really bummin me out and I just cant think of > anything else. Any advise will be greatly appretiated.

[jeff1216insc]

Going to test out my new KLR in the GA Twisties......anybody want to join me? I will will camping at TWO in Suches,GA.