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Old 10-05-2007   #1 (permalink)
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What's up with this vapor lock thing?

Having a bit of perplextion with the Birdy lately. When she gets a little warm, Nessie is having some trouble starting up.

She turns over very well, but just won't fire up. If I let her sit and cool off a bit, eventually she'll start (that is not always convienient though - the gang gets impatient, you know!). Sometimes adding a bit of fuel enrichment (aka-"choke") helps. I've checked the fuel cap - so it is not a vacuum issue.

It appears to be a fuel starvation issue, but since the bike has been sitting, the bowls should be full, right? Can anyone think of something I might be missing here? Next step is to give the carbs a good cleaning, I guess.

Thanks,

Scot
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