I'm new here. Just acquired a 1979 GS850G from a friend for free. It looks pretty bad and needed a lot of work. I replaced the carburetors, got a new battery, the seat was getting rust all over, etc.
Anyway, I've gotten it to the point where it runs and I've driven it for about a half hour and it'll run just fine. When I leave it for two or three hours it starts great afterwards. However, when I leave it overnight it takes about 20 minutes to start. I have to put the petcock on prime and use full choke for about 3 minutes. Then I'll switch to ON and leave the choke on and try for about 6 minutes. Then it'll finally get some sputtering. I'll coax it along like that for about 8 minutes. Then I'll take the choke off and it'll run but quit if I try to give it the slightest bit of throttle. Then I let it idle for 5 minutes or so, alternating choke on and off and it will be perfectly normal.
What's the problem?
PS - I think this site is great and I'll get some pictures of my GS up here in the next couple days. It looks terrible, but I'm in love with it.
Anyway, I've gotten it to the point where it runs and I've driven it for about a half hour and it'll run just fine. When I leave it for two or three hours it starts great afterwards. However, when I leave it overnight it takes about 20 minutes to start. I have to put the petcock on prime and use full choke for about 3 minutes. Then I'll switch to ON and leave the choke on and try for about 6 minutes. Then it'll finally get some sputtering. I'll coax it along like that for about 8 minutes. Then I'll take the choke off and it'll run but quit if I try to give it the slightest bit of throttle. Then I let it idle for 5 minutes or so, alternating choke on and off and it will be perfectly normal.
What's the problem?
PS - I think this site is great and I'll get some pictures of my GS up here in the next couple days. It looks terrible, but I'm in love with it.
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