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GS650 won't run without choke.

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DimitriT said:
The way I look at it..

if you plan on keeping the bike and if you are going to take the trouble to take the carbs off and doa partial cleaning/rebuild, why not spend the extra time and money and do the job properly.

if you are not planning on keeping the bike then your idea is good.
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A valid point but...

Do I plan to keep it - who knows? I could keep it for years or I might find something else that takes my fancy tomorrow. I suspect that it will stay around for at least a year or two, but not forever. Bare in mind that I did say it has 75k miles on it. Does that mean I should do the full job or the partial job?

More importantly, there seems to be an assumption that if I only do part of it then the bike will not run properly. If it doesn't run properly then I will re-do it with a full cleanup, if it runs fine then I would leave it alone. The big question is...what is the chances of it not running properly if I only do the quick option? I suspect that, since I am more of a bodger than a qualified mechanic, there is as much risk in taking apart things that might not need it as there is in not doing the full job.

And so you see the dilema. But I think I have a solution. I will take off the bank and see how they look. If they look mucky then a full clean is on the cards, otherwise it will be a clean/replacement of a few jets and away we go.

All the best!

Barry
 
Doubt if you'll need to replace any jets unless something has damaged them. That is relatively unlikely. Just make sure you spray carb cleaner throughout the pilot circuit where you are having trouble and that it comes out with equal force from all four carbs. There can be slight restriction in the pilot circuit causing your problems, or they may be stopped up altogether. Also, where the pilot jet screws in, that tube acts as a pickup for fuel. There is a very small pinhole in that tube for fuel to enter. Be sure that it is clear. The last set I did had the pickup clogged and it was causing a similar idle problem.
 
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