The wife's "85" 550 is terribly cold natured. Won't start below appx. 30 degrees, without startin fluid. After started takes a long time to get warmed up, even in the summer, I've read about other 16 valve 550's that are very cold natured. Are the 16 valve 550's any more cold natured than other GS's??
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1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100 -
Checked the valve clearances lately? -
Sorry, I didn't make the question clear. I'm wanting to know if the 16 valve 550's are known to be more cold natured than other GS's. If all these 550's are this way, something needs to be changed from the original set up. If they all aren't worse than other GS's, I just need to get ours back to how it should be. Thanks.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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yes they are cold hearted bastards.
not sure why you want to ride at or near the freezing point though.
with full choke on
without touching the throttle
if valves and carbs or in spec and clean respectively
it should fire and start.Comment
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