Choke/enrich. question
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: Savannah, Ga
Mine goes into auto pilot also. Works great. I have put manual choke kits on carbed cars and trucks that I owned in ancient times. They went in on their own also. Bought a 77 Civic brand new. It had a manual choke-went in by itself also.
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Eventually, it will need to be tightened. That is not the way it's designed to function. Properly adjusted, the choke will not close itself. The exact time it should be full out, and then half in depends on the temperature, and somewhat on the bike. My Sporty has always been very slow to warm up.
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Cruiser
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From: SoCal
Sounds like whether the "automatic" enrichener is good or bad is all up to preference or laziness. Personally I feel it's something less for me to worrry about in the mornings, and also I'm pretty sure if i get my gorilla hands anywhere near that small plastic piece I'm gonna be sportin one of those fancy custom clothes pins soon after.
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They were out of the Genuine Motor Parts and Accessories chrome clothespins the day I got mine. I did polish the spring, though.
I've replaced the choke cable a couple times. It's easier if you take the throttle cables off and pull the carb off, bringing the choke cable with it. I swear some of those choke cable assemblies are **** from the get-go, straight out of the parts bag. Three of 'em in 50k miles on one bike. The last one I installed only lasted a couple rides, it seems.
I've replaced the choke cable a couple times. It's easier if you take the throttle cables off and pull the carb off, bringing the choke cable with it. I swear some of those choke cable assemblies are **** from the get-go, straight out of the parts bag. Three of 'em in 50k miles on one bike. The last one I installed only lasted a couple rides, it seems.
Last edited by HarleyScuba; Jan 10, 2013 at 10:05 PM. Reason: nunya
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I've got the same bike, and noticed the same issue. I fiddled with the **** for a while, mostly twisting it back and forth (by about two degrees, as it won't twist very far and I didn't want to break anything) and now it stays out until I push it in- which I prefer, because on cold mornings I like to have control over the choke. Who can tell I'm not a mechanic?
Also, this article is useful on deciding when to push the choke back in: http://www.americanrider.com/output.cfm?id=1021933
Also, this article is useful on deciding when to push the choke back in: http://www.americanrider.com/output.cfm?id=1021933