DRider
Wannabie Member
Hey everybody, it's Mr. I've-Got-A-Problem-And-I-Hope-You-Can-Fix-It, here once again,
A month or so ago, I reported that my bike's choke got stuck open one cold night, and then the bike was a bit odd when I finally got it un-stuck. Well, tonight after work (almost 2AM), it was *really* cold, and my entire bike was basically covered in this icy frost (it took some hard scratching to get my wing mirrors clear enough to reflect), and of course, I fully opened by choke. At first, the bike had no power *at all*, and would just give me a *click* whenever I tried to start the engine. After turning the bike off and on, the bike had some power (somehow), and started easily enough, the choke fully open, and eventually, lots of steam bellowing out of the exhausts. The choke decided to stick again tonight, but unlike last time, it never closed again. No matter how much I tried to pull my choke lever back and forth, even though it was still acting upon the choke cable (visually at least), the choke still stayed open. After fooling around for fifteen minutes or so to try and fix this, including having to turn the bike off-and-on more than a few times, I had to do the ten minute ride home with it fully open (which wasn't nice), and even after that, the choke was frozen open.
Now, I'm unsure as to whether or not the choke will be magically fine come tomorrow (with sunlight 'n' all), but if it's not, how on earth would I go about fixing this? I really don't want to take it a mechanic again, since I've spent more than enough money there as it is, but I'm completely clueless in regards to the choke, and how it operates. Any suggestions on how I might "thaw" the frozen choke?
Thanks, I love y'all!
A month or so ago, I reported that my bike's choke got stuck open one cold night, and then the bike was a bit odd when I finally got it un-stuck. Well, tonight after work (almost 2AM), it was *really* cold, and my entire bike was basically covered in this icy frost (it took some hard scratching to get my wing mirrors clear enough to reflect), and of course, I fully opened by choke. At first, the bike had no power *at all*, and would just give me a *click* whenever I tried to start the engine. After turning the bike off and on, the bike had some power (somehow), and started easily enough, the choke fully open, and eventually, lots of steam bellowing out of the exhausts. The choke decided to stick again tonight, but unlike last time, it never closed again. No matter how much I tried to pull my choke lever back and forth, even though it was still acting upon the choke cable (visually at least), the choke still stayed open. After fooling around for fifteen minutes or so to try and fix this, including having to turn the bike off-and-on more than a few times, I had to do the ten minute ride home with it fully open (which wasn't nice), and even after that, the choke was frozen open.
Now, I'm unsure as to whether or not the choke will be magically fine come tomorrow (with sunlight 'n' all), but if it's not, how on earth would I go about fixing this? I really don't want to take it a mechanic again, since I've spent more than enough money there as it is, but I'm completely clueless in regards to the choke, and how it operates. Any suggestions on how I might "thaw" the frozen choke?
Thanks, I love y'all!
