trouble starting 2005 model after six months of storage

[Jud]

I am posting without having read ahead, but I'm gonna say that at least two people will already have said "blocked pilot jet" or something along those lines.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "symme7ry" wrote: > > Hi folks. I last rode my 2005 KLR650 in September. It has been sitting in a parking garage (between 40 and 60 degrees F) since then. I didn't 'prep' it for the winter by removing the gas or anything else. > > Last week I tried to start it and the battery was too weak to cause the engine to turn over, so I charged the battery w/ my trickle charger. > > Today I reinstalled the battery and observed the following: > > I could start the bike with the choke control turned all the way 'on'. Normally I wait until RPMs hit 3000, then turn it off. However after about 20 minutes of the bike idling with the choke control on, it still was only at about 2k. I kept trying to turn off the choke control at 2k, but the engine would die. Finally it got up to 3k, but still whenever I turned off the choke control, the engine would die. > > -I experimented with revving the engine as I let out the choke control. If the choke control was still too far 'on', revving caused the engine to die. I finally managed to start revving at the perfect time when the choke control was almost off, finish turning the choke control off, and maintain the engine running by opening the throttle. However once I stopped applying gas the engine would die. I was even able to ride around the parking lot, provided that I kept the throttle open the whole time and regulated my speed with the clutch. > > -When I finally figured out how to turn off the clutch control and keep the engine running by keeping the throttle open, there was a 'popping' sound now and then coming from the tail pipe. This would happen only when I had the throttle open, and the choke control off. > > Any ideas on what the issue is, and what I should do? I'm guessing it has something to do with my failing to prep the bike for the long period of not being used. > > Thanks, > Elliot >