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Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 02, 2015, 17:05:12 PM My bike no matter what the ambient temps are I need to start with the choke first thing every morning. Then once I have it warmed up it is good for the rest of the day. Even during Drift In every morning had to start with the choke out and let it run a few min and then slide it in and we were good to go.
Here in the cold fall mornings I can go about 10 miles before I can push the choke all the way in.
Posted by Troll
- October 02, 2015, 16:39:02 PMPlug heat range has nothing to do with engine temperature. Fuel mixture has EVERYTHING to do with plug heat range AND engine temperature. 800s, indeed, just about anything with a carb, have issues with the EPA mandated emissions...too lean in the off-idle circuit, the air temperature would have to be 100 before it was near correct...or maybe you would have to ride at 5000' to get it close....
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 02, 2015, 16:28:31 PMSo I think I read on one of these posts that I'm not the only one whose bike has a heart as cold as a wife's? I mean, it's not all that cold yet here in the Seattle area, but last night as I was riding home from work it seem like the bike never even got warm. Today I rode it, it is only about 50 something degrees, but again she took like about 5 miles and 10 minutes to get warm --is that normal? I'm running the stock heat range on my plugs – I think it's a 9 – should I go one heat range hotter?