Evo Warm up QUESTION(s)
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From: Canton, Michigan
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ha ha ha. I was debating whether or not to heckle the carb boys on this one myself.
carl
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From: Battle Creek
My 98 Softail takes forever to warm up. I put a Mikuni on it and it takes even longer. I pull out the enrichener and only hit the throttle after it has fired. Man, it is hard to sit there 5 minutes while it warms up. I baby it down the street with the **** out before pushing it back in. Patience.
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From: Haslet Texas
My 98 Softail takes forever to warm up. I put a Mikuni on it and it takes even longer. I pull out the enrichener and only hit the throttle after it has fired. Man, it is hard to sit there 5 minutes while it warms up. I baby it down the street with the **** out before pushing it back in. Patience.
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From: Sandy Eggo's North County
Originally Posted by Matt990724
Do the Harley chokes shut off on their own, or do I push it back in?
What I did with my 1995 FXD-
Full choke on cold start.
Push in choke to acquire 1350-1400 rpm for a minute.
Push in choke to 1100 rpm for 1 minute.
Push choke all the way in and ride off gently for about 10 minutes.
This worked for 21 years ( until I sold it & bought an FXDL.)
I had “stage 2” (Full pipe/carb jet/cam/A-C/pushrods/lifters/rockers)
Ran great and didn’t start using oil until about 90,000 miles. Seemed like the oil use “leveled off” at 130,000 miles.
Still wish I had that bike....
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Actually... My OEM CV carb runs fine when it's cold (it's been tuned). And EFI is great, but it does nothing to resolve the issue of different parts of the engine expanding at different rates. Which is why it's always better (IMHO) to allow a cold engine to warm up a bit before flogging it like a rented mule.
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Actually... My OEM CV carb runs fine when it's cold (it's been tuned). And EFI is great, but it does nothing to resolve the issue of different parts of the engine expanding at different rates. Which is why it's always better (IMHO) to allow a cold engine to warm up a bit before flogging it like a rented mule.
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From: Holland
On my electra, S&S 96" Superstock with Dyna 2000, Supertrapp 2-1 and S&S Super E:
- Twist throttle 2 - 3 times
- Hit button
- Won't start? Pull enrichener fully open and hit button.
Enrichener off straight away and ride off.
If it wants to stall just blip the throttle a couple of times inbetween shifting.
Idling for minutes? Never done that.
- Twist throttle 2 - 3 times
- Hit button
- Won't start? Pull enrichener fully open and hit button.
Enrichener off straight away and ride off.
If it wants to stall just blip the throttle a couple of times inbetween shifting.
Idling for minutes? Never done that.
