double standard there van twuyver ??? nklr

[tronic650]

Howdy! Newbie to the site here. Jake turned me on to this group in my search for KLR knowledge and happiness. I have had my 96 KLR for three years (14k miles) I bought it from a guy in Salem OR who believed that a new baby and house ment no more fun. Lucky me the bike only had 850 miles on it. Thanks for the break in! It has had a life of tight dirt bike trails in Portland, daily work commutes and lots of spills from dealing with my obsessive wheelie and stoppie fasination. And yet it is the only bike I own (2 old harleys, 87 VFR,and a 91 F1) that just keeps going! until now. The other day (now in Las Vegas) on my way to work it started flooding and wouldn't start. I tapped the carb with a wrench to maybe unstick a particle in the needle and seat. It worked. Until Yesterday. Once again on the way to work something went wrong. This time it tried to die on the freeway but rpms kept it going (it protested) after work I put it on the trailer and brought it home. I took apart the carb blew it out sprayed carb cleaner in it, checked rubber manifolds for tears or leaks, cleaned the airfilter, pulled the petcock and cleaned it, put it all back together to only have the same problem... which now is... bike will start without choke and idle rough and low. Then any throttle at all kills it. Some small amounts of black smoke coming out exaust. I drilled out the plug on the pilot screw but I'm waiting for Jakes nifty tool before I adjust it. It seems wierd that all of a sudden the mixture would be that far off tract though. Has anybody had this problem? HELP please. Today I will try new gas..... just in case. Excited to discover other KLR people.............Troy

[pete88chester]

"Can't we all just get along", I thought that was said by Rodney King, the black guy that was beaten by the cops in LA? Maybe he got it from the movie?