changed grips today

[RS]

It's only a couple of degrees above freezing over here, but I can't wait any more, so I'm trying to ride my 2004 KLR. When I try to ride the bike, with the choke on, as soon as I start to release the clutch, the engine wants to stall, but moves forward gingerly. When I try to give it more gas, it bucks and hesitates. Eventually, it will respond. As the engine warms up, after riding it for several miles, I can't turn off the choke because it will die.. Still, I dread coming to a full stop, because at every launch from a full stop, I have to be super careful releasing the clutch.. too quickly is stalls, too slowly it stalls... and worst of all, I can't bring the RPM's any higher cuz when I give it gas, it stalls.. Plus, as it idles at a red light, it's revving at nearly 3000 rpm and people look at me like I'm nuts! I've heard about the bike coming set too lean from the factory and have read the Big Cee FAQ file, and checked out Mark's illustrated procedures, however there are no pics on how to do this modification to the carb, if indeed this is the problem. Any ideas and links to photos would be greatly appreciated.. It's embarrassing riding like this.. it's like riding a bucking bronco! Thanks! Rick

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, RS wrote:

> It's only a couple of degrees above freezing over here, but I can't wait > any more, so I'm trying to ride my 2004 KLR. When I try to ride the bike, > with the choke on, as soon as I start to release the clutch, the engine > wants to stall, but moves forward gingerly. When I try to give it more gas, > it bucks and hesitates. Eventually, it will respond. As the engine warms > up, after riding it for several miles, I can't turn off the choke because > it will die.. Still, I dread coming to a full stop, because at every launch > from a full stop, I have to be super careful releasing the clutch.. too > quickly is stalls, too slowly it stalls... and worst of all, I can't bring > the RPM's any higher cuz when I give it gas, it stalls.. Plus, as it idles > at a red light, it's revving at nearly 3000 rpm and people look at me like > I'm nuts! I've heard about the bike coming set too lean from the factory > and have read the Big Cee FAQ file, and checked out Mark's illustrated > procedures, however there are no pics on how to do this modification to the > carb, if indeed this is the problem. Any ideas and links to photos would be > greatly appreciated.. It's embarrassing riding like this.. it's like riding > a bucking bronco! > > Thanks! > Rick

Adjust your valves and make sure your pilot jet is clear. It wouldn't surprise me to find a tight exhaust valve.

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 2:04 PM +0000 3/26/05, Jud Jones wrote:

>--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, RS wrote: >> It's only a couple of degrees above freezing over here, but I can't wait >> any more, so I'm trying to ride my 2004 KLR. When I try to ride the bike, >> with the choke on, as soon as I start to release the clutch, the engine >> wants to stall, but moves forward gingerly. When I try to give it more gas, >> it bucks and hesitates. Eventually, it will respond. As the engine warms >> up, after riding it for several miles, I can't turn off the choke because >> it will die.. Still, I dread coming to a full stop, because at every launch >> from a full stop, I have to be super careful releasing the clutch.. too >> quickly is stalls, too slowly it stalls... and worst of all, I can't bring >> the RPM's any higher cuz when I give it gas, it stalls.. > >Adjust your valves and make sure your pilot jet is clear. It >wouldn't surprise me to find a >tight exhaust valve.

Since it's a 2004, I'll guess there's not enough miles on the bike to make a valve that tight. I'll take door #1, the blocked pilot jet. Another thing to consider: is it humid outside? I've had problems with carb icing on a couple of my KLRs. It manifests itself when the temperature is ~30-34F with high humidity or precipitation. The bike usually starts OK, but within a mile or two, it begins to behave as above. Mark

[Rick McCauley]

A trick I learned many moons ago. Use hair spray when putting grips on. You have to be quick though. Get everything ready, and with hairspray in hand spray the inside of the grip, and slide it on. The hairspray acts as a lubricant (simply because it is wet) and when it dries, it is like glue. Rick A17 gavinmacfarlane wrote: Because the grater is porous the old rubber came off quite easily. I have put the new grips (Pro Grip 714's) on just with soap & water at this stage, I'll see how well they're stuck in a few days. Gavin A18 Broadford Victoria Australia Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]